Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, 17, was arrested in Orlando as the suspected shooter in a Halloween night mass shooting that killed two people and injured six others.

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.

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.

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

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain said he plans to present evidence to a grand jury to upgrade the charges to first-degree murder.