Overview
- Charging documents identify Soper of McConnellsburg, Pa., and Sanders of Martinsburg, W.Va., each facing criminal homicide and related counts.
- The 15-year-old victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 1:47 a.m. at Valley Pine Court in Greene Township and was pronounced dead at Chambersburg Hospital.
- Affidavits state Soper and the victim planned to steal marijuana; Soper supplied a ghost gun to the victim and carried a .40‑caliber pistol himself.
- Investigators say Sanders, seated behind the driver in a red sedan, opened fire as the victim grabbed a bag of marijuana, with witnesses estimating 6 to 11 shots.
- Surveillance captured the fleeing red Nissan, which was stopped about seven miles away; Soper is jailed as an adult with a Feb. 24 preliminary hearing, and records do not indicate whether Sanders is in custody.