The 17-year-old suspect in deadly shootings at Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando early Friday morning was charged as an adult Monday, prosecutors announced.

Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, 17, was charged as an adult with two counts of second-degree murder with a firearm and one count of attempted murder with a firearm.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The 17-year-old suspect in last week’s downtown Orlando Halloween shooting that left two people dead and eight others injured is being charged as an adult, authorities announced Monday.

The 17-year-old suspect in the deadly shootings that occurred during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando, Florida, has been charged as an adult, according to prosecutors. The shootings resulted in the deaths of two people and left six others injured.

A teenage boy is accused of shooting several people who were celebrating Halloween in downtown Orlando, police said. Two people have died, and at least six others remain hospitalized.

A 17-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed two people and wounded seven others during a Halloween celebration which drew 75,000 revelers to the streets of downtown Orlando, Florida last week has

A 17-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed two people and wounded seven others during a Halloween celebration which drew 75,000 revelers to the streets of downtown Orlando, Florida last week has been charged as an adult.

The suspect, Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and six counts of attempted first degree murder with a firearm. (Orlando Police Department) The teen charged in the Halloween shooting that killed two men in downtown Orlando will be tried as an adult,