California IN BRIEF : FRESNO : Boy, 16, Arrested in Double Murder

A 16-year-old has surrendered to police in the shooting deaths of a Cal State Fresno football star and his girlfriend. The youth was booked at Fresno County Juvenile Hall on Saturday on suspicion of murdering Melvin Johnson, 21, and Lisa Kelly, 19, police said. The Fresno Bee identified the suspect as Eric Phelps and published an interview with his older brother, Tony Phelps, 26. Police refused to identify the suspect because he is a minor. Tony Phelps told the newspaper that one of his two younger brothers killed Johnson during an argument over Kelly. He did not specify which one, but said Eric had dated Kelly in the past. Tony Phelps said he and his brothers had smoked marijuana and drunk beer for almost eight hours before the shootings at the apartment of Kelly’s mother.