A shooting Thursday evening in Fall River, Massachusetts, left a teenager injured.
The Fall River Police Department says officers responded to the shooting around 8 p.m. at the Maple Gardens Housing Development. A 14-year-old male victim was found with a gunshot wound to the face.
The teenager was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Police said on Friday that his condition was stable.
Meanwhile, a 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody, and is being charged with assault and battery with a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 feet 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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Investigators said Friday that it appeared the victim was not targeted, and the shooting may have been unintentional.
The investigation is ongoing, with authorities noting that "early indications suggest that this incident likely did not occur in the manner in which it was initially reported to police."
