A juvenile boy has been charged in the June shooting death of a 13-year-old cheerleader in Montgomery.

The young suspect’s name is not being released because of his age. He is being held in the Montgomery County Youth Detention Facility, Lt. Tina McGriff announced Wednesday.

Diamond Moore was asleep inside her home on Greensboro Court in Montgomery when, about 2:30 a.m. Friday, June 20, shots fired from outside went through her window and killed her.

Additional details, including a motive, have not been released.

Diamond was the cheer captain at Southlawn Middle School.

In the days following Diamond’s murder, police and city officials vowed to find the girl’s shooter.

“Of every possible crime, this is the most egregious,” Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys Graboys said at the time

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