UPDATE: The Southern Pines Police Department announced Marlon Harris has been apprehended.
Warrants have been issued for a suspect in a shooting that took place in Southern Pines on Sunday afternoon.
A juvenile was shot at Brookside Park Apartments just before 4:30 p.m.
Video by Sandhills Sentinel.
“Upon arrival members of the Patrol Division were informed that several male subjects had been shooting at each other, but left in a silver or gray in color Chrysler 300 prior to officer’s arrival,” announced Southern Pines Police Department in a statement to Sandhills Sentinel on Monday morning. “While on scene, the department was notified that a seventeen (17) year old victim had been taken to First Health by private vehicle. The victim, who sustained a nonlife threatening injury, was treated and released from the hospital.”
The police said this was not a random act of violence.
Warrants have been issued for Marlon Harris, 19, of Aberdeen, for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, going armed to the terror of the public and discharging a firearm in the city limits.
The police department is seeking the community’s assistance with locating Harris, identifying the other individuals allegedly involved, and locating the vehicle.
Information can be provided by calling the Southern Pines Police Department at (910) 692-7031, or the Investigation Division of the Southern Pines Police Department at (910) 693-1481, or the Crime Tip Line at (910) 693-4110. All information provided will remain confidential and can be provided anonymously.
Sandhills Sentinel was on the scene covering the shooting. To read the original story, please click the link/picture below.
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