WILLIAMSPORT — A Lycoming County judge will decide whether the teenager accused in a 2024 homicide outside a Lycoming County restaurant will be prosecuted as an adult or juvenile.

Judge Ryan C. Gardner on Monday heard differing conclusions from experts concerning Ja’hsir Kahseem Legare, 19.

He is charged as an adult with killing Ahmeen Palmer , 15, outside the TGI Fridays restaurant in suburban Loyalsock Township on March 2, 2024. Legare was 17 then.

His attorney, Robert A. Hoffa, contends the case should be transferred to juvenile court so his client could receive treatment.

There is no need for treatment because there are no symptoms to treat, said Dr. John S. O’Brien II, the Chester County psychiatrist, medical doctor and lawyer, who has been retained by the prosecution.

“It’s sc

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