Xenia officers and deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:10 p.m. to reports of a shooting at 421 E. Second St.
Two people were shot and wounded — a 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl — who were taken to an area hospital, according to a release from the Xenia Police Division.
Witnesses said two groups of people were arguing when the juvenile suspect “produced a pistol and started shooting” at the two gunshot victims and several other people who were present, the release stated.
The teenage suspect fled soon after.
Credit: Marshall Gorby
Credit: Marshall Gorby
It was the second on Monday afternoon in Xenia. The first was reported around 2:20 p.m. in the 2000 block of Alabama Drive.
A 17-year-old boy suffered a gunshot to the knee and a 16-year-old boy was arrested and is facing a felonious assault charge, a second-degree felony, police said.
The Greene County Prosecutor’s Office has since filed a criminal complaint in Greene County Juvenile Court against the suspected shooter in the East Second Street case.
A warrant was obtained for the following offenses: eight counts of attempted murder, a first-degree felony; eight counts of felonious assault, a second-degree felony; six counts of improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation, a second-degree felony, and four counts of discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises, which is a third-degree felony, according to the release.
The shooting remains under investigation.
Anyone with information about the East Second Street case is urged to contact Greene Central Communications at 937-372-9901, the Xenia Police Division Criminal Investigation Section at 937-376-7206 or leave a voicemail at the Xenia Police Tip Line at 937-347-1623.
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