A 16-year-old boy from Riviera Beach has been arrested following a shooting incident that left two teenagers injured in West Palm Beach. According to the CBS12 report, the shooting took place on Friday night, with gunshots reported near North Military Trail at 9:49 p.m.
When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy with injuries to their legs. The West Palm Beach Police Department indicated that first aid, including the application of a tourniquet to the girl's severe leg wound, was administered by the responding officers. Subsequently, both victims were transported to St. Mary's Medical Center, where the girl was treated and released and the 17-year-old boy remains hospitalized, according to WPBF.
The police were able to make an arrest after witnesses provided a description of the shooter. A statement obtained by WPBF details that multiple witnesses identified the suspect as a 16-year-old residing in Riviera Beach. Further eyewitness accounts to police mentioned seeing muzzle flashes and a person shooting from behind a pole as people ran from the gunfire. A viewer submitted video to CBS12 showed a silver sedan with a bullet hole in the windshield, cordoned off with yellow tape at the scene of the crime.
Yesterday morning, the suspect was taken into custody near his home by the Riviera Beach Police Department with, assistance from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office as he was attempting to use a rideshare service. A search warrant executed at his residence allowed investigators to collect evidence linked to the shooting incident. The juvenile faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, and one count of criminal mischief for shooting a car in the parking lot. This information came from the West Palm Beach Police Department's official reports.
