PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A teenager is facing a gun charge after a shooting left one person injured near Portland’s Centennial High School Wednesday afternoon.
Around 3:39 p.m. October 22, Portland police responded to a shooting by Southeast 174th Avenue and Southeast Haig Street.
On the scene, officers found a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his torso who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Investigators later identified the suspect as a 16-year-old male from Portland. The teen was arrested Thursday, and authorities seized a handgun as evidence.
The teen was booked into the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention facility for unlawful use of a firearm charges, PPB said, noting no other suspects are being sought.
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Police said the shooting remains under investigation and PPB is working with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office to consider additional charges…