A 15-year-old from D.C. plead guilty to attempted robbery in the shooting of Washington Commanders running back, Brian Robinson Jr., during a juvenile hearing on Monday.
The 15-year-old and a 17-year-old were trying to rob Robinson Jr. in August in the 1000 block of H Street NE when one of them shot the running back.
According to prosecutors, the teenager told police quote, "I was trying to rob a man for a hellcat and it went wrong. I wasn't thinking."
The "hellcat" is a reference to Robinson’s Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat.
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The teenager also plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the October shooting death of 15-year-old Andre Robertson.
Robertson was killed in Northeast D.C. near Kelly Miller Middle School in October. He was standing on a porch when people got out of a Sedan, approached him and fired several rounds.
The teenage suspect was 14 years old at the time of both shootings.
Prosecutors asked that the teenage suspect be committed to a youth rehabilitation facility.
