A Schwenksville teenager is accused of murdering two other teens in Pottstown last week. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and the borough's police department arrested Dominic Carboni, 17, of Wensel Circle, following an Oct. 17 incident.

            Carboni has been charged with two counts each of first degree murder, second degree murder, third degree murder and robbery in the death of Skyler Fox, 17, and Brandon Bacote-Byer, 18. Carboni met with Fox to purchase marijuana, according a news release provided by Kate Delano, the director of communications for the DA's office.

            "This is another senseless killing of two teenagers over drugs, committed by a 17-year-old defendant who, for a variety of reasons, could not legally possess a gun. It is a tragedy for these families, and it's got to stop," District Attorney Kevin Steele said in the prepared statement. "We are working diligently to go after people who buy guns and sell them to kids, sell them to convicted felons and sell them to others who can't legally buy their own guns."

            A second suspect wanted in the double homicide turned himself into Montgomery County Detectives and Pottstown Police early Tuesday evening. Deonte Kelly, 23, of Philadelphia, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, third-degree murder and robbery, according to additional information disseminated at 7:35 p.m. by the DA's office.

            Both defendants have been charged in the Pottstown court of District Judge Scott Palladino. Bail was not available for Carboni due to the nature of his charges. He was remanded to the Montgomery County Juvenile Detention Center following an Oct. 20 preliminary arraignment before District Judge Patricia A. Zaffarano. A preliminary hearing before Palladino is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Nov. 3.

            Local authorities responded at 11:33 p.m. for multiple calls of shots fired in the area of Fourth and Johnson streets. They discovered the two deceased victims lying by Fox's vehicle. Police recovered numerous fired cartridge casings, one projectile and a Taurus G3 9 mm handgun with an obliterated serial number at the scene, according to the news release.

            Text data recovered during an investigation showed that Fox and Carboni arranged the meeting through a series of messages that began at 3:08 p.m. and ended at 11:22 p.m. on the day of the incident. Both Fox's and Carboni's cellphones were in the area of the shooting. Text records also show that at 11:45 p.m., just minutes after the shooting, Carboni deleted his messaging history with Fox, according to information provided by law enforcement officials.

            A witness observed Fox with a backpack on his shoulder as he crawled away from his vehicle. Minutes later, the witness said the backpack was gone and Fox was no longer moving. However, police did not recover a backpack from the scene, according to the release.

            Video surveillance recovered by police showed a maroon-colored Ford pick-up truck fleeing the area after the homicide. The defendant was seen driving the vehicle, which is the same color and model as a Ford F-150 truck owned by the defendant's father, earlier in the evening, according to law enforcement officials.