Dhameer Haamid Scott, 24, was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after the incident. He told police he had passed the gun involved to the 16-year-old, who was actually the shooter.
The teen failed a lie detector test and confessed, police said. He has been charged with murder.
Scott will continue to face a murder charge because he allegedly gave the gun to the teen and they fled out of state together.
Police were called at 7:44 p.m. Monday to the 1400 block of Yankee Road, where they found Booker seriously injured from gunfire. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Booker’s mother called 911 and told dispatchers that Scott shot Booker. Police said Thursday that Booker took $10 from a shelf in the home his mother shared with Scott’s father, which started the argument that led to the shooting.
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