Two 16-year-olds charged after weekend Danville shooting in bowling alley parking lot

Police say the two teens knew their victim

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DANVILLE, Va. – Two 16-year-old boys, one of whom is a convicted felon, are in custody after a shooting sent a 17-year-old to the hospital Saturday night, officials said.

Police responded to the parking lot of Riverside Lanes at about 10:25 p.m., found the boy who had been shot and took him to SOVAH Health Danville to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

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During the investigation, officers learned that multiple people were fighting in the bowling alley's parking lot before the shooting happened.

During that fight, one of the boys pulled out a gun and shot the 17-year-old, who is now in stable condition.

Police said the three boys involved all knew each other.

One of the 16-year-old boys is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, underage possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within city limits.

The other boy faces charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated malicious wounding and underage possession of a firearm.

Both boys are being held at W.W. Moore Juvenile Detention Facility under no bond.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Danville Crime Stoppers at 434-793-0000.