‘Give Him the Max!’: Attorneys for White Pennsylvania Teen Who Walked Into Black Friend’s Home and Callously Shot Him to Death Face Backlash for Seeking a Juvenile Charges

Facing her son’s accused killer for the first time since the night of his shooting, Veronica Arrington was overcome with emotion in a suburban Pittsburgh courtroom this week. Darell Love, 16, was remembered as an affable kid, well-liked by everyone in his Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, community, with dreams of becoming a welder. Family meant everything to him, according to one tribute, and he was excited about spending the holidays with relatives. He died one week before Christmas. Arrington testified Thursday in a preliminary hearing that she heard a gunshot before seeing Eric Krassman Jr., Darell’s longtime friend, also 16, running down the stairs. He dropped a gun as he passed her. She would then see her son, holding his face, blood streaming through his fingers. Darell Love (right) was allegedly shot by a “longtime” friend in his home. (Credit: GoFundMe/Beaver Police Facebook) It was the last time Arrington saw her son alive. He was rushed by medics to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. “My heart goes out to them,” Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible told Channel 11. “Everybody is somebody’s child, but this was a 16-year-old.” What led to Krassman allegedly shooting his friend remains a...