The Westmoreland Police have arrested and charged a 15-year-old youth, of Hudson Street in the parish with Shooting with Intent and Illegal Possession of Firearm following an incident on Tuesday, May 18.
Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar Police are that about 5:45 p.m., on Tuesday, May 18, a group of men were sitting along the roadway, when the teen rode up on a bicycle, brandished a firearm and started firing at them.
The men managed to escape unhurt. Following a probe by investigators, the teen was arrested and subsequently charged on May 26.
The teen was previously convicted for unlawful wounding in 2019, emanating from a stabbing incident and was placed on a one-year correctional order at a juvenile correctional facility.