- Shooting on Jackson's East Side leaves 14-year-old injured.
- Suspect Marquise Lamar Young has been charged with Assault with Intent to Murder.
- Young faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
- WATCH THE VIDEO to see the neighborhood where the shooting took place and a neighbor's reaction.
A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult. Police say the teen shot and injured a 14-year-old on Christmas Eve.
The Christmas Eve calm…shattered by gunfire.
Police say the victim was a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the back along the 600 block of Seymour Avenue on Jackson's East Side.
Neighbor Jason Cooper was surprised something like this happened nearby:
"It's a quiet neighborhood... we normally don't have any problems."
Police say the suspect is 17-year-old Marquise Lamar Young — arrested a few blocks from here after allegedly shooting the victim just after five o'clock Tuesday, December 24th.
A neighbor I talked to who heard the gunfire said he heard multiple shots ring out after an altercation on this corner.
The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office has charged Young with Assault with Intent to Murder. He's been charged as an adult.
According to police, the shooting occurred after the victim got into a fight with a third person, and Young allegedly pulled a handgun and fired at the victim, hitting him one time in the back.
The victim was taken to the hospital by a family member, treated, and released.
Bond was set at $250,000.00, and the defendant remains lodged in the Jackson County Youth Center. A probable cause conference is scheduled for January 3rd.
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