North Precinct detectives have charged a 17-year-old high school student with last Monday night’s murder of former Metro police officer Ben Word.
Cedrick Huddleston, of 1625 Cahal Street, admitted to his involvement in the case during an interview and is believed to have fired the shot that killed Word.
Huddleston is being held in juvenile detention on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated robbery, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, and unlawful gun possession.
Word, 63, was fatally wounded during a robbery as he and a friend visited with an 81-year-old woman on her front porch at 2131 15th Avenue North. While there, at least two young men approached from across the street. One of them asked for a cigarette, suddenly pulled a pistol, and demanded the victims’ belongings. Word struggled with the gunman in an effort to disarm him and was shot in the back.
The development of Huddleston as a suspect and his arrest is the result of investigative work by Detectives Jim Fuqua, Danny Satterfield, Mike Roland, Dean Haney and Sergeant John Batty. Efforts continue to confirm the identity of at least one other teenager who was involved.
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