A teenager has been arrested in connection to a shooting that occurred during the “Peace in the Hood” event at Sara Sims Park in Boynton Beach on July 5.
Police say that just after 8 p.m. the night of the shooting, “multiple rival gang members” started firing guns at each other while three women attending the event were caught in the crossfire.
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According to the arrest affidavit, surveillance video shows members of a known gang called the “16th Ave Boys” standing next to a fence on the south side of Sara Sims Park, across the street from members of a gang known as the “Cherry Hill Boyz.”
The two groups acknowledged each other and were seen concealing themselves behind vehicles before drawing firearms and shooting at each other…