Overview
- Jacori Antonio Redding, 15, has been charged as an adult with manslaughter and related weapons offenses in the Oct. 9 shooting death of 16-year-old Pinien Dalmacy.
- Redding pleaded not guilty, and court records show his in-jail arraignment is set for Nov. 10 with a detention hearing scheduled for Nov. 12 after a brief delay for newly retained counsel.
- Investigators say a hallway bump at Oak Ridge High led to an agreed fight at a nearby park where Dalmacy was shot; deputies later found a gun in Redding’s bag at the school.
- A prosecution motion asserts Redding carried the firearm throughout the school day and includes a phone text in which he wrote he would let someone think it was a fight and then “pop” them.
- Prosecutors cite 39 school discipline incidents, including 17 for physical altercations, and note he already faced separate charges for grand theft auto and resisting an officer without violence.