NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Police Department said a man has been arrested for a shooting that took place in a parking lot and left a teenage boy with life-threatening injuries.
A tweet from the department said the incident happened at 985 Ingleside Road around 1:55 p.m.
Police found a 17-year-old boy shot in the parking lot of the Citgo gas station, which is located at the corner of Ingleside Road and East Virginia Beach Boulevard.
Medics took the teen to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
We saw several evidence markers around gas pumps. A tow truck took a red car away, with its back-windshield blown out.
On Thursday night, police announced 20-year-old Dearon E. Mosley has been charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm.
He is currently being held in the Norfolk City Jail without bond.
“When I pulled up, I saw the police taking down the police tape and I was like, 'OK, what happened?'” said parent Ashley Hughes.
Hughes grabbed her daughter from daycare at Norfolk Montessori Academy having no idea a shooting happened right next door until we told her.
"Like, wow, that is kind of a big deal,” Hughes said. “But I hope that the person is OK."
Daycare staff were also in the dark.
"It's normally OK around here, so it's kind of surprising,” said employee Anita Scott.
If you have any information that can help investigators, you're asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.