A 17-year-old Jersey City boy was shot in the face early today during a game of Russian Roulette with another boy, according to police reports.
A juvenile, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tampering with physical evidence, possession of a firearm by a minor, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, police said.
The 17-year-old Claremont Avenue boy is in stable condition at Jersey City Medical Center, police said.
Police responded at 2:44 a.m. to a call from a resident at 149 Danforth Ave who said he heard shots inside his apartment.
A 15-year-old girl who lives at the apartment told police that the 17-year-old and the shooter went into the bathroom to play "Russian Roulette" with a gun the shooter said he found in a vacant lot, police reports said, adding the girl did not alert adults.
Residents at the apartment told police they then heard a loud bang and saw the victim come out of the bathroom, bleeding profusely.
The juvenile who fired the weapon, initially fled the scene, but at 3:30 a.m. he returned with his legal guardian and turned himself over the police, reports said.
Immediately following the shooting, the shooter placed the .38-caliber weapon in a garbage can across the street from the apartment building. Police did not find the weapon, reports said.
A juvenile, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tampering with physical evidence, possession of a firearm by a minor, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, police said.
The 17-year-old Claremont Avenue boy is in stable condition at Jersey City Medical Center, police said.
Police responded at 2:44 a.m. to a call from a resident at 149 Danforth Ave who said he heard shots inside his apartment.
A 15-year-old girl who lives at the apartment told police that the 17-year-old and the shooter went into the bathroom to play "Russian Roulette" with a gun the shooter said he found in a vacant lot, police reports said, adding the girl did not alert adults.
Residents at the apartment told police they then heard a loud bang and saw the victim come out of the bathroom, bleeding profusely.
The juvenile who fired the weapon, initially fled the scene, but at 3:30 a.m. he returned with his legal guardian and turned himself over the police, reports said.
Immediately following the shooting, the shooter placed the .38-caliber weapon in a garbage can across the street from the apartment building. Police did not find the weapon, reports said.
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