JUST HORRIBLE. PL. NEIGHBORS AND EVEN INVESTIGATORS STUNNED BY A KILLING INSIDE A FAMILY HOME IN WHITE SPRING. 4 FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH LAST NATURE OF A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY. RIGHT NOW 15-YEAR-OLD MISTY AERIAL AND 11-YEAR-OLD NICOLE ARE BOTH CHARGED WITH MURDERING THEIR BROTHER. PARENTS ARE CHARGED WITH CHILD NEGLECT. THE HOME THE CRIME SCENE ON NORTH WEST SOPHIA DRIVE. 13 MILES NORTH WEST OF LIKE CITY NEAR THE HAMILTON COUNTY BORDER. MARCUS WHITE IS THERE LIVE SPEAK WITH THERE LIVE SPEAK WITH NEIGHBORS. MARCUS? Reporter: WELL, JOY, NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA SAY THEY HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS HERE BEFORE. YOU CAN SEE THE HOME IS STILL WRAPPED IN CRIME SCENE TAPE. DEPUTY STILL INVESTIGATING MEANWHILE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA ARE JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WE ARE TOLD THE 16-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED GOES TO COLUMBIA HIGH AND WE ARE ALSO FINDING OUT GRIEF COUNSELORS ON HAND AT SCHOOL TOMORROW. ONLY DAYS INTO THE NEW YEAR 15-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED. DEPUTY BELIEVE THE SISTERS 15-YEAR-OLD SHOT AND KILLED HIM. I WAS JUST DEVASTATED FOR THE FAMILY AND FELT FACIAL. Reporter: AFTER THE SHOOTING POLICE SAY SHE AND HER 11-YEAR-OLD CITY NICOLE WALKED TO THE WHITE SPRINGS AREA WHERE POLICE SPOTTED THEM AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THAT'S WHEN POLICE SAY THE 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL CONFESSED TO THE SHOOTING. POLICE CALLED DEPUTY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY ARRIVED AT THE HOME AND FOUND THE BOY DEAD IN THE LIVING ROOM. AMAZING. PL I DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS. JUST HORRIBLE. Reporter: DEPUTY SAY THE 11-YEAR-OLD AND 15-YEAR-OLD LEFT THE 3-YEAR-OLD IN THE HOME WHEN THEY WALKED AWAY. DEPUTY TOLD US THE 15-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING. WE LEARN THIS AFTERNOON THE 11-YEAR-OLD NICOLE WAS ARRESTED AS WELL. JUST NO WORDS. WORST POSSIBLE THING I CAN THINK OF. Reporter: PARENTS WERE OUT OF TOWN WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS. THEY WERE TOLD WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING. THEN WE FOUND OUT THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN WERE ARRESTED FOR NEGLECT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 15-YEAR-OLD USED A GUN THAT WAS IN THE BEDROOM OF THE HOUSE. CERTAINLY WE CAN WHAT IF. WHERE DO YOU HAVE THE GUN LOCK AND KEY AND GET INTO ALL THOSE TYPE THINGS BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE HURT TO HAVE ONE AND THERE AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO WHETHER GUN WAS LOCKED OR NOT. Reporter: NOW PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAVE 3-YEAR-OLD SIBLING AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEIR THOUGHTS. IF THEY CAN GET PEACE AND, I REALLY I HAVE ABSOLUTELY JUST DON'T KNOW. Reporter: NOW WE ARE TOLD THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY WAS CALLED HERE LAST NATURE AND ALSO TOLD THAT THE 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS IN DCF CUSTODY RIGHT NOW AS FOR THE 15-YEAR-OLD THE GIRL WE UNDERSTAND SHE WILL HAVE THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND TOMORROW MORNING. REPORTING LIVE CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. MARCUS WE ARE ALL HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING OUR BRAINS AROUND THIS ONE. HAVE INVESTIGATORS EVER BEEN TO THIS HOME BEFORE? Reporter: WELL JOY THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE DID ASK THE SHERIFF TODAY AND WE DID SOME DIGGING INTO THIS AND WE FOUND THAT BACK IN 2010 THEY WERE CALLED HERE TO THIS HOME. WE ARE TOLD THAT AERIAL AND HER BROTHER WERE INVOLVED IN SOME INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR. THERE WERE NO CHARGES FILED AND NO DETAILS REALLY ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED THERE. JOY. 
 
 LAKE CITY, Fla. - 
 
 The family of a teenage boy who, police said, was shot and killed by his 15-year-old sister will be in Columbia County court today. 
 
 Misty "Ariel" Renee Kornegay and her 11-year-old sister were arrested Monday night and are charged in the death of their 16-year-old brother. 
 
 Their parents, Keith and Misty, were also arrested on child neglect charges. 
 
 The Sheriff's Office said 15-year-old Misty “Ariel�? Renee Kornegay admitted she shot her 16-year-old brother, then walked away from the home with her 11-year-old sister, leaving their 3-year-old sister at home. 
 
 Deputies said the shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. at 1205 Sophie Drive in the north part of the county, not far from White Springs. 
 
 White Springs police saw the girls walking and stopped them. When officers learned of the homicide, they called the Sheriff's Office to the scene. Deputies found the brother dead on the living room floor from a single gunshot. 
 
 "Anytime you come on scene with something this horrific, which you have juveniles or children involved, it's pretty unsettling, even to seasoned law enforcement and deputies," said Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter. 
 
 Investigators said the parents were out of town and Ariel Kornegay (pictured) retrieved the handgun used in the shooting from the parents' bedroom. They have not revealed a motive. 
 
 Ariel Kornegay was arrested and charged with premeditated murder with no bond. She was taken to the Columbia County Detention Facility. The Sheriff's Office said the 11-year-old assisted her older sister and was also arrested and charged with murder. 
 
 After the parents, Keith Kornegay, 37, and 33-year-old Misty Kornegay, returned to town, they were questioned by investigators and were arrested on child neglect charges, accused of failing to properly supervise the children. 
 
 They were ordered held without bond. 
 
 "You've got a 15- and maybe even an 11-year-old minor charged and it's going to be interesting," said defense attorney Kenny Spears. 
 
 The Sheriff's Office is not releasing the name of the boy who was killed, but News4Jax learned he and his sister were students at Columbia High School 
 
 "We're told grief counselors will be on hand here at Columbia County High School tomorrow," Hunter said. "Many students don't know what happened yet." 
 
 The family's youngest child, a 3-year-old, is in the care of the Department of Children and Families. 
 
 "This is a deeply disturbing case that we certainly need to investigate thoroughly," said DCF spokesman John Harrell. "We want to do whatever we can to help the children in this case." 
 
 Harrell said DCF will investigate to determine if there was neglect or abuse and then make recommendations about custody, but a judge will have the final say. 
 
 "Obviously the first thing that comes to mind is you have four children, and I believe even a younger child at the family home, and you have two parents out of town. That's gooing to raise red flags right there," said Spears. 
 
 News4Jax learned that deputies responded to the home in 2010 to investigate a report of inappropriate behavior between the victim and Ariel Kornegay, but no charges were ever filed. 
 
 According to Columbia County court records, family member petitioned the Kornegays for a change of custody. No further details on the petition were available. 
 
 Records for Misty Kornegay also show a domestic violence issue back in 2010. 
 
 "There may be something that the prosecution is looking at and waiting to explore further as to more directly tie the parents to the death of the 16-year-old brother," said Spears. 
 
 Columbia County, which didn't have a single murder last year, was rocked by the murder. 
 
 "I have faith in God that he's taking care of us. That's all we can do," said resident Debbie Henderson. 
 
 All four people arrested are expected to be in court Wednesday morning. ||||| By Amanda Warford 
 
 Action News is learning more about a Columbia County family rocked by tragedy Monday. 
 
 Police say the 16-year-old son of Keith and Misty Sherree Kornegay was shot and killed by their 15-year-old daughter while the couple was out of town Monday evening. 
 
 
 
 The Columbia County Sheriff's Office arrested the 15-year-old, Misty "Ariel" Renee Kornegay, as well as her 11-year-old sister, Nicole Kornegay, Tuesday and charged them with premeditated murder. 
 
 
 
 According to a police report obtained by Action News from the White Springs Police Department, the sisters walked 3.6 miles from their home to the Dollar General store in White Springs following the shooting Monday night. 
 
 
 
 It says from there, the 11-year-old called a friend's mother and told her that she had run away. When that mother arrived to help, she learned the 15-year-old was also present at the Dollar General. That mother then called police. 
 
 
 
 At first, Ariel, 15, told police their parents had kicked the sisters out. The officer wrote that she appeared emotionless and was applying makeup during the conversation, in which also she mentioned that something may be wrong with their sibling. 
 
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 The report said the officer pushed for the address, and that Ariel gave only vague directions. Later, it says, she began to cry and confessed to officers that she had shot her brother. 
 
 
 
 Ariel Kornegay told police she had been beaten by her brother and then locked in her bedroom by him earlier that evening. She said that when her brother fell asleep, 11-year-old Nicole unlocked the door. Ariel said that's when she found a gun in their parents' bedroom and shot him. 
 
 
 
 The two sisters then left their 3-year-old sister behind and began walking to the Dollar General store. 
 
 
 
 "At first we didn't know what had happened," said Detective Cecil Brownfield, "so the officer was very compassionate with the girls. They had put them in the break room at the Dollar General store to keep them comfortable. We were mainly worried about their safety." 
 
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 Brownfield said his conversation with the 11-year-old was kept to a minimum because the Columbia County Sheriff's Office was quickly called in to check on the home. Once they confirmed the boy was dead, CCSO detectives took over the investigation. 
 
 "I put her in my car," Brownfield told Action News. "It was cold outside and she was upset. She didn't really know what was going on at the time." 
 
 
 
 While this is the first homicide in Columbia County in over a year, Brownfield said the CCSO is thoroughly looking for answers. 
 
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 "They are leaving nothing out and are looking for, I can't say a great outcome, but an outcome with some answers for everybody." 
 
 
 
 Meanwhile, both parents have been charged with child neglect for failing to properly provide supervision to the four children. Police say Keith and Sherree Kornegay left the home Monday, and that she traveled with him as he made rounds as a truck driver. The pair left their four children behind. Police say they were approximately three hours away when they were notified of the incident. 
 
 
 
 All four will make their first appearance in court on Wednesday. 
 
 
 
 The 3-year-old was not a witness to the shooting, but was in the home at the time. According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, she has now been placed in protective custody 
 
 For Action News on the go, sign up for Action News Mobile & Email alerts ||||| Two sisters in White Springs have been arrested in their 16-year-old brother’s death Monday night while their parents were out of town, authorities said Tuesday. 
 
 The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said 15-year-old Misty “Ariel” Renee Kornegay is charged with premeditated murder. She is accused of taking a handgun from her parents’ bedroom and shooting her unidentified brother at a home on Sophie Drive. 
 
 Her 11-year-old sister, not being named by the Times-Union because of her age and lesser role, is charged with the same thing as an accomplice. Investigators do not think she pulled the trigger, the Sheriff’s Office said. 
 
 Another 3-year-old sister was in the home at the time, the Sheriff’s Office said. It is unclear what led to the shooting. 
 
 Authorities also arrested the children’s parents, Keith Jonathan Kornegay, 37, and Misty Sherree Kornegay, 36, on charges of child neglect in failing to supervise their children. 
 
 The Department of Children and Families has taken custody of the 3-year-old. 
 
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 Police investigate double shooting 
 
 Jacksonville police are investigating a double shooting Tuesday that left two men with non-life-threatening injuries in a Northside neighborhood. 
 
 The shooting happened in the 11500 block of Whisperingbrook Lane in the Northbrook subdivision just after noon. The road is just north of Dunn Avenue. 
 
 Sgt. Billy Kreeger said three men, who appeared to be in their early 20s, were outside a home when a gold car drove up and shots were fired. Kreeger said police are looking into the possibility that gunfire was exchanged and recovered at least one gun near the scene. 
 
 Kreeger said one of the men outside the home was shot in the upper shoulder, while the other was shot in the leg. The third man, who was not injured, was detained by police. 
 
 The vehicle drove off and no arrests were reported. 
 
 Kreeger said the attack may have been drug-related, but police are still investigating. 
 
 Among the people who live in the neighborhood is Donald Foy, president of the MAD DADS anti-crime organization in Jacksonville. 
 
 “I’m really shocked that this happened here. This is really, really a quiet neighborhood, but more and more it’s occurring in neighborhoods it doesn’t happen in,” Foy said. “Just hopefully we can break the code of silence and solve this.” 
 
 Jim Schoettler 
 
 Firefighter falls through floor 
 
 A Jacksonville firefighter fell through the floor of a two-story condominium while fighting a blaze on the Southside Monday night, according to the Fire and Rescue Department. 
 
 Fire officials said the man wasn’t seriously injured, but he still was required to be hospitalized. No one else was reported injured. 
 
 The fire started about 8 p.m. at Los Lagos Condominiums off Baymeadows Road. The building that caught fire had three, two-story condos, spokesman Tom Francis said. 
 
 Francis said firefighters had an issue with a hydrant not properly working that delayed firefighters when they arrived. He said the fire took about an hour and 30 minutes to get under control. 
 
 He said the unit where the fire started appears to have been vacant for some time. The state fire marshal has been called to investigate. 
 
 The American Red Cross said volunteers provided food and temporary lodging to three displaced residents from two units. 
 
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– In a case Florida officials call "deeply disturbing," two sisters allegedly colluded to shoot and kill their 16-year-old brother while their parents were away, reports WFOX. Misty "Ariel" Renee Kornegay, 15, and her 11-year-old sister, Nicole, were arrested Monday and charged with premeditated murder. "Anytime you come on scene with something this horrific, [with] children involved, it's pretty unsettling, even to seasoned law enforcement and deputies," the Columbia County sheriff tells News4Jax. Ariel told police her brother beat her and locked her in a bedroom that evening. When he fell asleep, Nicole unlocked the door, and Ariel says they got a gun from their parents' bedroom and she shot him in the living room. The sisters then left their 3-year-old sister and walked more than 3 miles to a Dollar General in town, where police were called. "The officer was very compassionate with the girls. We were mainly worried about their safety," says one detective, but Ariel soon confessed to the shooting, adds WFOX. Police learned their parents had left the children at home Monday and were three hours away when their son was shot. When they returned, police charged them with child neglect. Now the state attorney says he "may be forced to actually charge [the sisters] as adults," adds the Gainesville Sun; the 3-year-old is now in state custody, notes the Florida Times-Union. News4Jax notes the Kornegays have a history with law enforcement: a 2010 report of inappropriate behavior between Ariel and the dead brother (no charges resulted); a family member who sought a change of custody; and a domestic violence citation for the mother in 2010. All four will appear in court today. (This boy died trying to save his twin brother.)