14- and 15-year-old accused of gunning down Tri-City rival may face adult charges
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- Prosecutors seek decline hearings to move two teens’ murder charges to adult court.
- Court records show planning, messaging and phone location tying teens to the shooting.
- If convicted of premeditated first‑degree murder, teens face mandatory life sentences.
A 14-year-old accused of taking part in a gang-related murder could be tried as an adult.
Benton County prosecutors are asking for a “decline” hearing to move charges related to the December murder of Alexander Carcamo-Danley, 16, to adult court.
Israel Hutchison was arrested Thursday in the 3000 block of Queensgate Drive in Richland and booked into the Benton Franklin Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of first-degree murder.
He is the second teen arrested in the shooting at the Heatherstone Apartments. His arrest followed the Dec. 9 apprehension of Jacob A. Carrillo, 15, in Union Gap, after a nationwide warrant was issued for his arrest.
It appears Hutchison encouraged and planned the shooting, while Carrillo pulled the trigger, according to court documents.
Carrillo also faces a decline hearing in March. If the charges are moved to adult court and the teens are convicted of premeditated first-degree murder they could face a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Heatherstone shooting
Investigators say Carrillo of West Richland was driving around in a Honda Civic on Dec. 3 with three other teens looking for Carcamo-Danley, whom Carrillo suspected of being in a rival gang.
They found him in a parking lot at the Heatherstone Apartments talking on his phone with his girlfriend.
Hutchison can be seen on security video taking off a “very distinct” sweatshirt and leaving it in the vehicle, according to court documents.
Investigators believe the other two teens were at the scene, but not involved in the shooting.
One of the other suspects Austin Ryan Bleazard, 18, was also arrested last week on two unrelated charges of juvenile in possession of a firearm, one linked to a 2024 third-degree assault. Bleazard is a known gang member, according to court documents.
Carrillo is accused of firing multiple shots, with one bullet hitting Carcamo-Danley in the neck and killing him, said investigators.
Six 9mm shell casings were found in the parking lot of the apartment complex. Three where found near where Carrillo was seen standing, and the other three were found a few feet away, consistent with Carrillo continuing to shoot while running, said officials.
Detectives tracked the vehicle to the West Richland home of the fourth teen identified by detectives, where they made contact with him and Hutchison. That teen has not been charged with a crime.
Hutchison was wearing the same sweatshirt he appeared to take off before the shooting, according to court documents.
Planning the shooting
No one was arrested that night, but police found a series of videos and text messages allegedly linking Carrillo to the shooting after getting search warrants for the teens’ phones.
The other teen told detectives that they were home alone around the time of the shooting and did not know where the vehicle was. Hutchinson told detectives they went to bed at 7 p.m. because “they hate school.”
A search warrant for Carrillo’s phone showed that he left the house without permission and turned off his phone’s location tracking after going to the area of a cousin’s house in Finley. He was not answering calls or texts from his mother or stepfather.
Phone records placed Carrillo’s phone at the Heatherstone Apartments.
Carrillo is a Hanford High School student who allegedly met Hutchinson after they got into a fight at the school, according to court documents.
Instagram messages between Hutchinson and Carrillo show them messaging each other after the fight, with Hutchinson asking Carrillo what “set” he was from and if he “bang(ed) or reppin.”
Carrillo allegedly used language tied to Sureno gang members and the two repeatedly discussed looking for rival gang members to attack, according to court documents.
On Dec. 2 Hutchinson allegedly messaged Carrillo saying, “Let’s get active foo.”
They continued discussing “getting active” and the next day, Hutchinson allegedly told Carrillo to meet at the other teen’s house. Hutchinson asked Carrillo how many guns he had, and Carrillo told him “only 1 foo u needa stop lacking. No cap.”
Carrillo took a bus to the home. They planned to take a car belonging to the father of the other teen because he was out of the country at the time, according to court documents.
Videos from the drive over to Kennewick allegedly show Hutchinson using Carcamo-Danley’s nickname, “Bando” and Carrillo driving with a gun in his lap.
Carcamo-Danley had reportedly crossed paths with Carrillo during a stay at the Benton Franklin juvenile detention center in Kennewick, according court documents.
Carrillo claimed in an Instagram message to another teen that Carcamo-Danley downplayed being involved with a rival gang but then was allegedly talking about his gang involvement after being released.
Detectives also found a brief video allegedly taken by the teens immediately after the homicide that shows Hutchinson running, according to court documents.
The teens also allegedly made a group chat on SnapChat and discussed their plans, according to court documents. The messages included Hutchinson saying they were going to “H Block” and “Heatherstone I’m posted up in Kennewick (right now).”
Location data from Hutchinson’s phone shows the teens going to a home in the 400 block of 3rd Avenue where Bleazard was picked up. The location of the phone is then shown moving to the Heatherstone Apartments.
After the shooting, Carrillo allegedly sent a message on Instagram saying, “I caught a b(ody).”
He also sent a message that said they went looking for Carcamo-Danley because they believed he was part of a rival gang, and claimed, “I upped my shi and dropped half a mag.”
After learning detectives had talked to Hutchinson and the other teen, Carrillo allegedly told them to delete their messages and wanted to know what they said and if they had changed their clothes.
Tri-City Herald reporters Cameron Probert and Annette Cary contributed to this report.
Editor’s Note: Initial court filings misspelled Hutchison.
This story was originally published February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM.
