One 15-year-old is recovering after he was shot by another Sunday in the Glenn Lane area of Oktibbeha County.
Oktibbeha County Chief Deputy Chadd Garnett confirmed the alleged shooter was arrested shortly after fleeing the scene of the 10:45 a.m. shooting. The 15-year-old suspect, whose identity was not released by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department, remains in custody at a youth detention center.
Few details about the incident are known, but Garnett said it appears a previous verbal altercation between the two minors escalated and led to Sunday’s shooting.
Garnett described the victim’s wound as a “through-and-through” shot — one that entered and exited his body without damaging any major organs — and said the injury was not life-threatening.
The victim, Garnett said, was taken to OCH Regional Medical Center. His status was unknown at press time.
Shots at 21 Apartments
Deputies also arrested a Georgia man last week for allegedly shooting into an Ace 21 Apartments unit last month.
Joshua Wiley Jones, age unavailable, is out of custody on $20,000 bond after he was charged Thursday for shooting into an occupied dwelling.
The incident allegedly occurred about 1:15 a.m. March 27, Garnett said. A police report states Jones claimed he was shooting at two unknown victims, the chief deputy said, but it did not state why he shot at them.
Nobody was injured in the shooting.
Anyone with information into these or any other incidents is asked to contact Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office at 662-323-2421 or the Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at 800-530-7151.
Carl Smith covers Starkville and Oktibbeha County for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter @StarkDispatch
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