Kendale Robinson, who was arrested for allegedly shooting 16-year-old Al-Taya Conyers in the head on Warren Street and Bond Street in Boerum Hill, is being held without bail. According to the Daily News, the 18-year-old's "lawyer, Steve Chaiken, was concerned because Conyers' mother is a correction officer at Rikers Island and fears for his client's safety when he's in jail."
While there was some thought that Robinson killed Conyers because she was in a spat with another woman (Conyers was charged with harassment after posting a threatening message on Twitter and other social networking sites directed at a woman), the News suggests she may have been killed while being pressured "to drop charges against a man who assaulted her just days before, according to court papers."
The NY Times reports that police are investigating her "tumultuous" life, "According to officials, she had been a victim in a series of domestic violence cases involving the former boyfriend, Walter Glover, 20, whom she had dated for about a year and a half. Officials said Mr. Glover was not the gunman. Investigators on Saturday, however, were trying to determine whether he 'had anything to do with this guy causing her demise,' a law enforcement official said."
Regarding Conyers' messages on Twitter and other social networking sites, the Times adds, "It appeared, however, that the arguments behind those online messages were not a factor in the case, the police said. Outside of court on Saturday, Roberta Perez, 28, said that after the killing, her sister Cristina Rodriguez, 18, was arrested on harassment and other charges over Twitter exchanges involving Al-Taya. But Ms. Perez said her sister had not sent threatening messages to Al-Taya."
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