CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 17 YEAR OLD KINGSLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED 14 YEAR OLD BILLY NOLL WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND WILLFUL INJURY IN THE DEATH OF KYLE BADGEROW.

NOLL IS THE STEPBROTHER OF BADGEROW, WHO WAS SHOT IN HIS HOME ON DECEMBER 9TH.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE VAN OTTERLOO SAYS BADGEROW DIED FROM A SINGLE SHOT TO THE CHEST FROM A .45 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL.

HE SAYS A WEEK OF INTERVIEWS AND INVESTIGATION LED TO THE CHARGES:

VAN OTTERLOO SAYS THERE WERE TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE CERTAIN NOLL ACTED ALONE.

THE SHERIFF SAYS ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT AND THE NAMES OF THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOME ARE NOT BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME.

NOLL WAS ARRESTED AT HIS FATHER'S HOME IN ROYAL THURSDAY EVENING. HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN CHEROKEE.