16-year-old arrested in shooting outside Tacoma's Lincoln High School
TACOMA, Wash. - A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection to a shooting that injured a boy right outside Tacoma's Lincoln High School.
The backstory:
The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon, and officers responding to the scene discovered a 16-year-old victim at a nearby business.
After interviewing witnesses and obtaining surveillance video, detectives developed probable cause to arrest a 16-year-old suspect.
The suspect was arrested on Thursday and booked into the Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Facility for first-degree assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of dangerous weapons on school facilities.
Tacoma police say they have recovered a firearm, and there are no additional suspects in the shooting.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation.
Tacoma Public Schools said the victim was a former student at the school.
The Source: Information in this story came from the Tacoma Police Department and Tacoma Public Schools.
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