Kayla Peterson Murdered During Cigarette Dispute With Todavia Cleckley, Marcus Velazquez: Cops

Teens Kill Mom Who Refused To Give Them Cigarettes
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Cigarettes can kill in more ways than you think.

A 22-year-old Pennsylvania mom was shot in the gut after she'd allegedly told a trio of teens to "get a job" when she saw them bumming a smoke from her boyfriend.

Kayla Peterson writhed after the single bullet pierced her abdomen outside the Beaver Falls home she shares with her boyfriend William Bailey and their toddler Ellionna Bailey, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. She was airlifted to a hospital, but succumbed to her injuries in two hours.

Two of the three alleged gunmen escaped. Police nabbed 13-year-old Kyle Goosby, who's been charged as an adult with conspiracy to commit homicide. He's claimed to police that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, NBC Philadelphia said.

GALLERY (story continues below):

Teens shoot mom who said "Get a job."
Todavia Cleckley (01 of14)
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Police say that Todavia Cleckley is wanted for conspiracy to commit homicide. His friend Marcel Velasquez allegedly shot Kayla Peterson, 22, after she told them to "get a job" and stop asking her boyfriend for cigarettes on Dec. 9, 2012. (credit:Facebook)
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Velasquez, 14, is the alleged gunman in the murder of Kayla Peterson. Velasquez and Cleckley escaped, but police arrested 13-year-old Kyle Goosby for the crime. (credit:Facebook)
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Peterson, 22, had a 23-month-old daughter with her boyfriend in William Bailey. (credit:Facebook)
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This photo appeared on the Facebook page of suspect Todavia Cleckley hours after Kayla Peterson was shot outside her Beaver Falls, Pa. home on Dec. 9, 2012 (credit:Facebook)
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Kayla Peterson and William Bailey(07 of14)
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Peterson was shot allegedly after telling a group of teens to stop harassing her boyfriend William Bailey for a cigarette. (credit:Facebook)
Bailey and Peterson's daughter Ellionna(08 of14)
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After badgering Bailey for cigarettes on his walk home Sunday afternoon, police say, 14-year-old Marcus Velazquez fired the fatal shot at Peterson who exited the house to see what was causing the commotion, CBS said.

Velazquez and his alleged 14-year-old accomplice Todavia Cleckley fled and are still on the run. Police consider them armed and dangerous.

Less than 12 hours after the shooting, photos appeared on Cleckley's Facebook account of a man branding a rifle and a pistol. Another new picture shows two young men pointing guns at the camera's lens.

Bailey says his 23-month old daughter keeps asking for her mother.

"Today's been real hard," Bailey told the Beaver County Times. "Kayla devoted her life to raising that baby."

If they're captured, authorities will prosecute them as adults. Cleckley has been charged with conspiracy to commit a homicide. In addition, Velazquez has been charged with criminal homicide, two felony counts of aggravated assault and two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, according to the Post-Gazette.

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