A Niagara Falls juvenile has been charged with shooting and seriously wounding a family member in a home on 77th Street this past week.
The male juvenile, whose name and age are not being released by police under restrictions imposed by New York’s Raise the Age Law, has been charged by Falls Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) detectives with first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a firearm. His case is being handled by a designated State Supreme Court Youth Part justice.
He is currently being held in a secure youth detention facility.
Falls Police patrol officers and detectives responded to a report of a shooting on the 300 block of 77th Street around 5:15 p.m. Thursday. The first officers to arrive at the scene reported that the shooting victim was no longer there and was being taken by a private vehicle to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC).
Additional officers and detectives responded to NFMMC and found the victim, identified only as “an adult female.” Detectives said it appeared that the victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
After being stabilized at Memorial, the victim was transferred to Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo for further treatment. Investigators have described her wound as “non-life-threatening.”
During the investigation, detectives determined that the juvenile suspect had traveled with the victim to the hospital. He was then taken into custody.