A 15-year-old boy accused of shooting his older brother to death at their Dania Beach home last month, then leaving his body to be found near a canal about a mile away is being charged as an adult, court records show.

Demetre Fleurimond was transferred to adult court and the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s Paul Rein Detention Facility on Thursday. He is facing one count of first-degree murder with a firearm in connection with the death of his brother, Kevin Dominique, 23.

Deputies found Dominique’s body shortly after 8 a.m. Aug. 19 on the bank of a canal near the 1200 block of Old Griffin Road. Investigators determined he had been shot multiple times, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Dominique’s mother had reported him missing the day before after she learned he did not go to work

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