16-year-old boy charged as adult with murder in connection with fatal Sandy shooting

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A 16-year-old boy from Erda is charged as an adult for murder.

Matthew Lee Bowman allegedly played a major role in the Sandy shooting.

The incident involved a drug deal gone bad resulting in a man's death.

SANDY — A 16-year-old Tooele County boy who prosecutors say played a "major role" in connection with the shooting death of a 39-year-old man in Sandy — who was allegedly accompanying his teen son to a drug deal — has been charged as an adult.

Matthew Lee Bowman, 16, of Erda, was charged Wednesday afternoon in 3rd District Court with murder and aggravated robbery, first-degree felonies; obstruction of justice, theft by receiving stolen property and shooting a gun and causing injury, second-degree felonies; and discharge of a firearm and