Teenage Boy Charged as Adult in Killing of Temecula at Lake Elsinore Hotel

City News Service contributed to this report, photo of Gage Seal via instagram/ABC7

A 16-year-old boy was charged as an adult Tuesday in the weekend shooting death of 15-year-old Gage Seal at a Lake Elsinore hotel.

Ryan Jawad is charged with one count each of murder and possession of stolen property, with a sentence-enhancing firearm-use allegation, according to a spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.

His initial court appearance was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the Southwest Justice Center.

Seal of Temecula was shot in the 31000 block of Auto Center Drive about 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Wallace Clear said.

On Monday, a group of his Temecula Valley High School classmates held a vigil and added trinkets to a makeshift memorial at the campus.

According to ABC7, “The motive for the shooting has not been determined. Classmates said there was a party at the motel that night.”

NBC4 reports, “Family members say it appears another teenager began playing with a gun and fatally shot Seal.”