People in Interest of DML

JONES, Circuit Judge.

About 4 a. m. on December 4, 1975, D.M.L. then 15½ years of age, ran into the office of a motel in Rapid City carrying a .22 rifle. Without provocation, he shot in the chest the nineteen-year-old girl who was night clerk. He aimed the rifle at her again, and she struggled with him. The girl was shot again during the struggle. After the girl screamed, D.M.L. dropped the rifle and fled. The girl then called the police, but before they arrived, D.M.L. returned to the office, hit the girl over the head, reloaded the rifle, and tried to get into the cash drawer but failed. He…