Teen charged as adult after 13-year-old killed during attempted robbery of $50 necklace: Police

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A North Carolina teenager is now being charged as an adult in the death of a 13-year-old.

Aiden Joyner was indicted by a Pitt County grand jury for murder and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Police said he is one of two teens who shot Emiliano Gutierrez-Boviall in July in Greenville, while trying to steal a necklace worth just $50.

Joyner is being held on a $2 million bond. The name of the other teenager has not been released.
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