Two teenagers charged as adults with attempted murder and related offenses for allegedly shooting another person in September have waived their preliminary hearings in exchange for the possibility of their cases being transferred to juvenile court.

Marvin Edwards, Darby, and Semaj Chandler, Philadelphia, both 17, are also charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, receiving stolen property, conspiracy and firearms offenses for the Sept. 5 shooting along the CSX train tracks in Darby.

Assistant District Attorney Rachel Sweeney said in a pair of brief hearings before District Magistrate Judge Lee Cullen Grimes on Thursday that both defendants entered an outright waiver of all charges as a “good faith” offer of possible decertification, which which would send their cases back. at the juvenile court.

Nothing had been promised by the Commonwealth, Edwards’ attorney Luke Mercurio noted, but the waiver was a “good step” forward in the process.

Conformable information previously provided by Darby police:

A report of shots fired in the area of ​​North Fifth Street and Darby Terrace/Greenway Avenue came into the station around 10 a.m. thanks to a monitoring technology called ShotSpotter, which notifies police of shootings in real time, allowing for a faster response.

Responding officers learned that three shots had been fired at a victim along the railroad tracks in the area and that two black males had fled the scene toward North Third Street.

Police converged on the area and saw two men matching the description running from North Third onto Darby Terrace. The police chased the young men and arrested them.

Police found a firearm on a suspect that was determined to be stolen, Darby Police Chief Joe Gabe said at the time.

Edwards and Chandler, represented by William Weiss, were arraigned by District Judge George B. Dawson, who set bail at $500,000 cash. Since then I have been in custody.

Lawyers indicated the boys should undergo evaluations to determine their risk of recidivism and the possibility of supervision in the juvenile system.

Both are scheduled for formal arraignment on December 4 at the Media County Court.

Daily Times reporter Pete Bannan contributed to this story.