# Teen faces adult court over fatal California Halloween shop shooting

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/teen-charged-in-spirit-halloween-store-shooting-that-killed-pregnant-mom-of-four-was-let-back-on-streets-after-school-lot-shooting/
- Published: 2026-11-04T22:12:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T22:18:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16265339/Teen-charged-Spirit-Halloween-store-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Prosecutors seek adult court and continued detention for Smith.
- He had a prior arrest over a 2025 school car park shooting.
- The Halloween shop attack killed one woman and wounded six.

## Summary

Newly reported details focus on prosecutors’ bid to keep 17-year-old Monte Smith in custody and move his case to adult court, citing the seriousness of the charges, his record and public safety concerns. Smith had previously been arrested over gunfire in a high school car park in 2025, then sentenced and released.

He is charged over the 30 October shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California, which killed pregnant mother of four Constance Hages, 31, and wounded six others. Smith faces two murder counts, three attempted murder counts and three counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon, among other allegations. Police said four surviving victims remained in hospital; Hages’s aunt’s fundraiser had raised $8,362 towards a $12,000 goal.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Teen faces adult court over fatal California Halloween shop shooting](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16265339/Teen-charged-Spirit-Halloween-store-shooting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [New York Post: Disturbing details emerge in deadly Spirit Halloween mass shooting as teen suspect appears in court on murder charges](https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/us-news/new-details-emerge-in-deadly-norcal-spirit-halloween-shooting/)

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