COATESVILLE, PA — A 15-year-old defendant faces attempted homicide and other felony charges after a 14-year-old boy was shot in Coatesville, prompting a police search that ended with two suspects apprehended at the King of Prussia Mall.
According to the City of Coatesville Police Department, officers received a ShotSpotter notification indicating that 11 rounds had been fired near East Chestnut Street and North Eighth Avenue at approximately 6:08 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Responding officers found a 14-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower torso.
The victim was transported for medical treatment and remained hospitalized at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in fair condition, police reported.
Investigators said the suspected shooter was observed fleeing the area in a vehicle.
At approximately 7:10 p.m., authorities located the vehicle in the parking lot of the King of Prussia Mall in Montgomery County.
With assistance from the Upper Merion Township Police Department, officers apprehended two individuals and transported them to Coatesville for further investigation.
Coatesville detectives subsequently charged a 15-year-old defendant with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, carrying a firearm without a license, recklessly endangering another person and related offenses.
Although the defendant is a juvenile, police said he is being prosecuted as an adult.
The 15-year-old was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge James C. Kovaleski and committed to the Chester County Youth Detention Center after failing to post $150,000 bail.
Police also charged Jonah Riggs, 18, with carrying a firearm without a license.
Riggs was arraigned before Kovaleski and committed to Chester County Prison after failing to post $150,000 bail.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Kevin Bochanski of the City of Coatesville Police Department at 610-384-2300.
All suspects, arrestees, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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