Three teenagers accused of murdering a mixed martial arts fighter have been held in a Palm Beach County jail without bail.
Summer Church, 16, and Roberto Ortiz and Jace Swinton, both 18, are also charged with two counts each of home invasion with a firearm or other deadly weapon.
All three defendants were indicted by a grand jury Thursday. Church will face charges as an adult.
She was arrested on Friday morning on her way to school at Olympic Heights High School in Boca Raton, in Florida, where she is an 11th-grader.
Judge Ted Booras noted that a first-degree murder charge is a capital offense, meaning it is punishable by the death penalty in Florida. That penalty could apply only to Ortiz and Swinton.
Jace Swinton, 18, Summer Church, 16, and Roberto Ortiz, 18, were arrested Friday for the July murder of Aaron Rajman in Boca Raton,
Aaron Rajman was shot dead on July 3 after ‘unknown males’ went to his home.
An argument broke out and at least one shot was fired before the suspects drove off, the sheriff’s office said.
They made no mention of a female at the time of Rajman’s death.
Church, who was arrested Friday on her way to school, met the MMA fighter at a convenience store in January, her mother Judith Church told the Palm Beach Post.
Judith Church claimed her daughter, who was dating Swinton at the time, was held at gunpoint by Ortiz and three other men.
An argument broke out at Rajman’s (pictured) home and at least one shot was fired, the sheriff’s office said
They forced her to call Rajman and let her out the car before they arrived at the MMA fighter’s home, according to Judith Church, who argued that her daughter’s murder charge was undeserved.
Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said: ‘This was no random act of violence.
‘Mr Rajman was targeted by these defendants and we intend to seek justice for the victim and his family.’