Try teen as adult in school killing

LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- A California judge has given the go-ahead to try a 15-year-old as an adult in the death of a gay student who wore makeup, earrings and high heels to school.

Ventura County Superior Judge Ken Riley heard three days of testimony before ruling Brandon McInerney should stand trial as an adult for the fatal shooting of Larry King in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

King was shot twice in the head as he sat in a computer lab at the E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard.

Investigators said McInerney had told classmates before the incident, "You better say goodbye to him because you won't see him again."

An expert on white supremacists testified at the hearing about McInerney's apparent interest in Nazi symbols.

Prosecutor Maeve Fox said McInerney could face 53 years to life in prison if convicted.