Prosecutors filed a motion to have the 17-year-old Ryan Place homicide suspect tried as an adult. The suspect, Stow resident Ty Kremling, is alleged to have been involved in the Sunday night shooting of Nicholas Massa, a freshman at Kent State.

A Portage County Juvenile Court records clerk confirmed that the prosecutor filed a motion Tuesday for Rule 30.

The prosecutor must prove probable cause, then a judge will make a ruling. Kremling will appear again in court on March 4.

Kremling was a student at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, according to a statement on Facebook by the school. Two Stow minors were also questioned about the incident, but not arrested, the statement said.   

Karl Schneider is an administrative reporter for the Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected].