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The family of a 64-year-old disabled <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/washington-dc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, man who was beaten to death are calling for the three young girls accused of killing him to be charged as adults, as additional details have come to light about how the attack went down.A 12-year-old girl and two 13-year-old girls are behind bars for the deadly beating of Reggie Brown last fall, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed."They should be charged as adults because they knew what they were doing," Brown's sister told FOX 5. "They do adult things, they should be treated as adults."Brown's family told <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/grieving-family-pushes-for-adult-charges-against-3-dc-teens-accused-in-deadly-beating" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX 5 DC</a> he had recently battled cancer and was frail. He was walking back to an apartment he shared with his sister, when a man and the three girls randomly ran into him and allegedly attacked him around 1 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2023. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/disabled-dc-man-beaten-death-video-3-young-girls-arrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DISABLED DC MAN BEATEN TO DEATH ON VIDEO, 3 YOUNG GIRLS ARRESTED</a>The sister added that children should be at home getting ready for school that time of night. All three suspects reportedly have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">long-standing truancy issues</a> – one allegedly has not attended a single day of classes this year.A relative of the 12-year-old suspect told FOX 5 that she lived with one of the 13-year-old suspects inside an apartment near where Brown was killed.Four armed suspects broke into that apartment early Friday morning, and one fired three shots at one of the girls while she was sleeping, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital. The report said the girl described the suspects as appearing to be Black teenagers wearing all black clothing, and they ran away from the scene.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-suspect-tries-setting-union-stations-freedom-bell-fire-police-investigating" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DC SUSPECT TRIES SETTING UNION STATION'S FREEDOM BELL ON FIRE; POLICE INVESTIGATING</a>The girl sustained one gunshot wound to her right lower leg, and survived.  The 12- and 13-year-old were arrested for Brown's death that same day. The other 13-year-old suspect in Brown's death was arrested a day prior. All three have been charged with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second-degree murder.</a> In D.C., the law prohibits children under 15 years old from being charged as adults. The Office of the Attorney General would not comment to FOX 5 on why the girls are not charged as adults since they are juveniles. Anyone with information on Brown's death or the apartment shooting police have not released a motive for should call police at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to 50411.

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content: The family of a 64-year-old disabled <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/washington-dc"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, man who was beaten to death
 are calling for the three young girls accused of killing him to be charged as adults,
 as additional details have come to light about how the attack went down.A
 12-year-old girl and two 13-year-old girls are behind bars for the deadly beating
 of Reggie Brown last fall, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed."They
 should be charged as adults because they knew what they were doing," Brown's sister
 told FOX 5. "They do adult things, they should be treated as adults."Brown's
 family told <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/grieving-family-pushes-for-adult-charges-against-3-dc-teens-accused-in-deadly-beating"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX 5 DC</a> he had recently battled cancer and was
 frail. He was walking back to an apartment he shared with his sister, when a man
 and the three girls randomly ran into him and allegedly attacked him around 1 a.m.
 on Oct. 17, 2023. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/disabled-dc-man-beaten-death-video-3-young-girls-arrested"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">DISABLED DC MAN BEATEN TO DEATH ON VIDEO,
 3 YOUNG GIRLS ARRESTED</a>The sister added that children should
 be at home getting ready for school that time of night. All three suspects
 reportedly have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">long-standing truancy issues</a> – one allegedly has not attended
 a single day of classes this year.A relative of the 12-year-old suspect told
 FOX 5 that she lived with one of the 13-year-old suspects inside an apartment near
 where Brown was killed.Four armed suspects broke into that apartment early
 Friday morning, and one fired three shots at one of the girls while she was sleeping,
 according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital. The report said the girl
 described the suspects as appearing to be Black teenagers wearing all black clothing,
 and they ran away from the scene.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-suspect-tries-setting-union-stations-freedom-bell-fire-police-investigating"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">DC SUSPECT TRIES SETTING UNION STATION'S
 FREEDOM BELL ON FIRE; POLICE INVESTIGATING</a>The girl sustained
 one gunshot wound to her right lower leg, and survived.  The 12- and 13-year-old
 were arrested for Brown's death that same day. The other 13-year-old suspect in
 Brown's death was arrested a day prior. All three have been charged with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">second-degree murder.</a> In D.C., the law
 prohibits children under 15 years old from being charged as adults. The Office of
 the Attorney General would not comment to FOX 5 on why the girls are not charged
 as adults since they are juveniles. Anyone with information on Brown's death
 or the apartment shooting police have not released a motive for should call police
 at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to 50411.
summary: The family of a disabled man beaten to death in northwest Washington, D.C.,
 last fall would like to see the three young suspects charged as adults.
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