"He Shot me on Purpose": 9yo Drops Bombshell After 10yo Bestie Blasts Him in Playdate Bloodbath| Crime Alert 6AM 01.22.2026
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
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A 9yo exposes his 10yo bestie's shocking betrayal after he's shot on purpose!
The monster behind a massacre that left 5 people dead, including his own brother, makes a plea flip before trial. Plus, a dad schools his teen son that blood ain't thicker than the law! Jennifer Gould reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News now. Mama, he shot me on purpose, a startling claim from a nine-year-old. |
| 0:08.2 | Trey Michael Ledgwees and a 10-year-old friend playing when shots ring out. Family says Tray Michael lost his right kidney, half his left lung, and his intestines were shattered by the bullet. |
| 0:22.6 | The unnamed 10-year-old friend arrested for ag battery and |
| 0:28.6 | givian possession of a gun. |
| 0:30.6 | Jennifer Gould has the details. |
| 0:32.6 | Nancy, a routine play date in Alexandria, Louisiana, |
| 0:36.6 | exploded into a scene of unthinkable violence |
| 0:40.8 | when that 10-year-old boy allegedly pointed a handgun at his 9-year-old friend and pulled the trigger, |
| 0:48.2 | leaving the child with life-altering internal carnage. |
| 0:52.4 | The shooting on Chester Street was initially written off by authorities |
| 0:56.0 | as a tragic mishap between two children handling a firearm. However, the narrative took a sharp, |
| 1:03.3 | sinister turn when the victim, Trey Michael, had his breathing tube removed. In his first moments of consciousness, the boy gasped out a bombshell |
| 1:14.6 | accusation to his mom, Lakeisha Legurgis. She spoke to K-A-L-B News 5. When the tube first came out |
| 1:22.8 | his mouth and he was able to talk, the first words was me, mama, mama. He shot me on purpose. |
| 1:30.8 | The sheer force of the bullets shattered Tremichael's intestines forcing surgeons to perform |
| 1:36.0 | a brutal triage that included removing his right kidney and half of his lung. As of late January, the resilient survivor is back home, |
| 1:47.5 | but his body remains a roadmap of the trauma he endured. Legurgis, who rushed to the hospital |
| 1:54.2 | in a blind panic, has now since become a vocal advocate for gun safety, begging parents to take the guns away before another |
| 2:04.3 | kid is mangled by unsecured weapons. The 10-year-old suspect whose name is shielded by juvenile |
| 2:12.1 | law was hauled off to the Renaissance home for youth after detectives determined the shooting was a calculated act of battery. |
| 2:22.2 | He faces charges of aggravated second degree battery and juvenile possession of a handgun. |
| 2:29.3 | While the boy sits in detention, though, a major question remains. |
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