GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WVEC) — GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va., (WVEC) -- The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office was investigating a shooting that seriously injured a 14-year-old on Tuesday.
Around 1:30 p.m., deputies received a call about a shooting at the entrance of Beaverdam Park. A 14-year-old boy sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The boy was taken to a local hospital and is considered in stable condition.
The Sheriff's Office was searching in the area of Farys Mill Road for a Hispanic man with a large afro, a white man, and an African-American man. According to the Sheriff's Facebook page, that was the only description they had. After further investigating, officials learned there were only two suspects.
Around 4 p.m. two juvenile suspects were taken into custody. The victim and suspects knew each other.
The juveniles were charged with malicious wounding, possession of a firearm while under the age of 18 and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.