Teen Screams, Grimaces as He’s Wheeled Into Court on Double-Murder Charge

Warning: Footage may be unsettling to some

A 19-year-old Florida man charged with killing his two roommates was denied bond after he screamed and made strange faces in court

Damon Kemp faces two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Jordan Paden, 19, and Trey Ingraham, 19, in Daytona Beach last week, according to WFTV.

Damon Kemp, 19, charged with second-degree murder in shooting deaths of Trey Ingraham and Jordan Paden, both 19, in Florida last week Fox News

Video footage from the courtroom shows Kemp, in a wheelchair, screaming what appears to be “God” several times. When the judge renders a decision on his bail, he grimaces and looks at the judge incredulously. When he was wheeled out of the courtroom, Kemp was silent, according to reports.

“I’ve reviewed your arrest and determined there’s probable cause for your arrest,” the judge says over Kemp’s shouting. “I’ve appointed the public defender to represent you so you have a lawyer, this morning.”

In a press conference on Dec. 8, Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri said neighbors didn’t report gunshots heard on Dec. 6. They found the bodies on Dec. 7, reported Law and Crime.

According to Fox News, Ingraham and Paden let Kemp stay at their apartment, and they were trying to help him.

“Day-Day, why would you do that to Treay?” one of Ingraham’s relatives asked Damon Kemp. “Day-Day, I fed you, Treay fed you! He let you live in his house rent-free, why would you do that to Treay, Day-Day?! Day-Day’s wrong for that! He’s wrong for that!”

Ingraham’s distraught mother, Nerissa Carter Young, told Fox35 that she wants to know why it happened. “Even the young man who committed this crime, or they say committed this crime; all of them only 19. All of them just babies,” Young said.

“Don’t be self-destructive,” she said, referring to other young people. “If anything, go out and do something nice for someone else, in Treay’s name. How about that? That’s what you do.”

Relatives said Ingraham was a talented amateur boxer, WFTV reported.

The News-Journal reported that Kemp ran at a Daytona Beach police officer who was investigating a home invasion at the apartment complex and said, “I killed my friend.” At 2 a.m., about 50 feet from where Kemp was apprehended, officials found an unloaded .40-caliber Glock pistol. Police also found an extended magazine in the apartment complex.

“To be honest, I was going to (unintelligible) with my friend, the Ace, his name is Trey Ingraham, I shot him,” Kemp allegedly said, according to a police report.

Other details about the case aren’t clear.

The News-Journal reported that around Daytona, “four other people were hit by gunfire in DeLand and another person was shot accidentally near Orange City” in separate incidents.

“All the people shot were teenagers ranging in age from 16 to 19. Three teens were shot in DeLand during a Sunday morning party when someone opened fire about 2:59 a.m. from one of at least two vehicles doing doughnuts or spinning tires at Adelle and Beresford avenues near the Label Bar,” the paper said.