GREENFIELD — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy at a home near Riley Park in Greenfield over the weekend.
According to the Greenfield Police Department the shooting took place inside a home in the 1100 block of E. First Street sometime around 4 p.m. The victim got into a vehicle and left the scene after the shooting. An officer patrolling the area was flagged down in the 700 block of East Main Street and was able to provide medical aid until emergency crews could arrive.
The teen victim, whose identity is not being released, was taken to Hancock Regional Hospital and later transported to Indianapolis for treatment.
The teen suspect was arrested within minutes of the shooting and taken to the Greenfield Police Department for questioning. He will remain in a juvenile holding facility until he is formally charged in the shooting.
The Greenfield Police Department says they have been investigating a group of individuals, mainly juveniles, in relation to the buying and selling of guns and drugs. They say they have taken six illegal guns and numerous narcotics of the street and have made eight to ten arrests of both juveniles and adults.
"As Chief Hartman said yesterday, we are concerned with the growing number of incidents in our community involving teens with guns and drugs," the Greenfield Police Department said in a release issued Monday. "This isn’t a problem we can solve ourselves. We need the community to not only provide information, but to make sure your children don’t have access to guns. As a gun owner, you have a legal responsibility to ensure your guns are properly secured and kept away from people that cannot and should not have access to them. We will hold you accountable where the law allows."
Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Greenfield Police Department at 317-477-4410 or email them at intel@greenfieldin.org.
