"he broke down and cried" and that Lindsey admitted to throwing the gun in a nearby creek. He was booked into the Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center. Lindsey's mother, Deneen Sweat told the St. Petersburg Times she suspected her son may have been involved in the shooting after she heard the description of the suspect. "I told my son, man up and tell what happened." Deneen Sweat told WFTS. Sweat was with her son when he confessed to police. Public response The shooting garnered multiple emotions from the public. Questions on how a 16-year-old could obtain a gun emerged as well as the need for Nicholas Lindsey to be tried as an adult. Law enforcement took the death exceptionally hard. Crawford was described as a family man who loved horses, people and enjoyed working the night shift. He left behind a wife and a 24-year-old daughter. It added to an already grief-stricken community. Two St. Petersburg officers died and a U.S. marshal were wounded on January 24, 2011, in a gunfight with Hydra Lacy, the brother of local boxer Jeff Lacy. The shooter in that case was also killed. St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster told HLN that the city will do more to teach young people that the consequences of a "bad decision" will last a lifetime. Officer Crawford was laid to rest in a locally televised ceremony on March 1. About 10,000 people, inside and outside of the church, attended. Official indictment and trial On March 7, 2011, Lindsey was indicted by a grand jury on a murder in the first degree charge. He was moved to the Pinellas County Jail where he was housed with other juveniles facing adult charges. Under Florida law juveniles awaiting trial cannot be in sight or sound of the adult population. Trial was set for December 12, 2011, but was later moved to March 19, 2012. Convicted of the murder, Lindsey would likely spend the rest of his life in state prison because of Florida's Law Enforcement Protection Act. He could not be sentenced to death per a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prohibits people from being executed for crimes committed while under 18. On December 2, 2011, judge Thane Covert ruled that Lindsey's taped confession would be admissible at trial citing that the manner in which the police officers obtained the confession was credible. Lindsey, with his parents in the interview room,