Teen, accused of murder, out of jail; family outraged WSOC TV [Video]

CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte family is outraged after a teen, accused of killing a young father, was let out of jail without bond.

Abijah Barkley, 21, was found shot to death on March 9 at Southside Homes on Griffith Street.

Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old and charged him with murder.

“That call that night shattered everything,” said Malaysia Barkley, Abijah Barkley’s sister. “You go to the hospital thinking he’s going to be alright.”

Judges kept the accused murderer in jail until Thursday.

“He took my son, took a father, brother, a grandson,” said the victim’s mother, who didn’t want to be identified.

The accused killer went before Judge Aretha Blake and the family said she released the teen on a $300,000 unsecured bond.

A person in jail does not have to come up with money to get out of jail when issued an unsecured bond.

The suspect’s release was a punch in the gut for family members.

“I …