Two people were arrested in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old man at a Hazel Dell strip mall parking lot on Monday.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office said the two males were booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Facility for first-degree murder.
The 15-year-old boys went before a judge in juvenile court on Thursday. Prosecutors say the teens confessed to their part of the crime. Probable cause paperwork identifies Tristan Cienfuegos as the defendant who set up the robbery attempt, and Oriley Huynh as the defendant who shot and killed the victim. Cienfuegos and Huynh are being held without bail and have new court dates set for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec.18.
The teens' court appearance comes a day after 17-year-old Terrance Busby appeared in court. Busby was allegedly the getaway driver in a premeditated drug-deal robbery. After initially being charged as an accomplice to second-degree murder, his charge was elevated to accomplice to first-degree murder.
The victim, 18-year-old Gage Allan Kiser of Vancouver, had allegedly arranged to sell marijuana to Cienfuegos, who prosecutors said coordinated a plan in advance with the other suspects to rob Kiser during the drug deal.
Investigators said Monday that the suspects and Kiser knew each other.
The shooting occurred at 6204 NE Highway 99 in the community of Hazel Dell, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. Police responded to 911 calls at around 2:30 p.m. and found Kiser dead.
The suspects had left in a vehicle before authorities arrived at the scene.
Later that day, deputies located the suspect vehicle and arrested Busby, who police say drove the vehicle from the murder scene. Busby was booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Facility.
Rachel Percell, who works near where the shooting took place, rushed outside to help Kiser after he was shot.
"I saw a young kid slumped over in the drivers seat and there was a lot of blood, a lot of blood," she said. "I first tried getting his attention, slapping his face to see if he was responsive and he wasn't; then I asked his friends to pull him out of the Jeep and I started doing chest compressions and [he was] just not responsive."