A 16-year-old boy will be prosecuted as an adult, while the case against a 15-year-old girl will start in juvenile court before a possible transfer to the St. Clair County criminal court, the county prosecutor’s office said.

Police and prosecutors declined to name the 16- and 15-year-olds, or even reveal their genders, a day after their capture in East St. Louis.

Five family members died and two were injured in East St. Louis shootings. Two teenagers were arrested by Illinois State Police on Sunday, July 12. The shootings occurred across…