Crime
UPDATE: Fall River Police arrest 17-year-old after 14-year-old shot in the face
Police in Fall River have made an arrest after a teenager was shot Thursday evening.
According to Detective Sergeant Moses Pereira, at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers responded to the Maple Gardens Housing Development in response to a report of shots fired.
Investigators have taken a 17-year-old juvenile male into custody in connection with the shooting incident.
Pereira stated that Detectives assigned to the Major Crimes Division are still actively investigating, however, current information indicates that the victim was not targeted, and this may have been unintentional.
The 14-year-old victim remains at HASBRO Children’s Hospital. His condition has been upgraded to stable.
The 17-year-old is charged with Assault and Battery with a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 ft. of a building, carrying a loaded firearm without a license to carry, receiving stolen property, and carrying a firearm without a license to carry.
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