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Fayetteville Police investigate Friday night shooting

Police responded to a shooting involving a minor, Friday night on South School Ave and 11th street.

Fayetteville Police investigate Friday night shooting

Police responded to a shooting involving a minor, Friday night on South School Ave and 11th street.

NEW THIS MORNING-- FAYETTEVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOTING. A FAYETTEVILLE POLICE SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE AND ELEVENTH STREET. SERGEANT STEPHEN MAUK SAYS OFFICERS STOPPED A VEHICLE THEY BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE. TWO PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. ONE OF THEM WAS A JUVENILE WHO HAD A GUN-- AND APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT IN THE LEGS. THEY TOOK THE JUVENILE TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS TREATED FOR NON-LIFE- THREATENING INJURIES- - THEN TAKEN TO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER-- CHARGED WITH BEING A MINOR IN POSSESSION OF A GUN. THE VEHICLES ADULT DRIVER WAS ALSO ARRESTED-- CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. OFFICERS LATER FOUND A VEHICLE IN A NEARBY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN SHOT
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Fayetteville Police investigate Friday night shooting

Police responded to a shooting involving a minor, Friday night on South School Ave and 11th street.

The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Friday night near South School Avenue and 11th Street. According to FPD, officers received several calls concerning multiple shots fired at approximately 11:20 p.m. Friday.Sergeant Stephen Mauk said as officers arrived at the area, they stopped a vehicle they believed to be involved in the shooting. Two people were inside the car. One of the occupants, a juvenile male, had a gun and appeared to have gunshot wounds to his legs. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and released. The juvenile was then taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. He is charged with being a minor in possession of a firearm. The second occupant, an adult driver, was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Officers found another vehicle at a nearby apartment complex that appeared to have been hit by gunfire. There are no other injured people or suspects at this time. The investigation is still ongoing.

The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Friday night near South School Avenue and 11th Street.

According to FPD, officers received several calls concerning multiple shots fired at approximately 11:20 p.m. Friday.

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Sergeant Stephen Mauk said as officers arrived at the area, they stopped a vehicle they believed to be involved in the shooting. Two people were inside the car.

One of the occupants, a juvenile male, had a gun and appeared to have gunshot wounds to his legs. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and released.

The juvenile was then taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. He is charged with being a minor in possession of a firearm.

The second occupant, an adult driver, was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Officers found another vehicle at a nearby apartment complex that appeared to have been hit by gunfire.

There are no other injured people or suspects at this time. The investigation is still ongoing.