A 16-year-old boy was killed and two other teens were injured in a triple shooting that reportedly occurred Wednesday evening in the 600 block of School Street, Hot Springs police said in a news release Thursday.
At around 6:17 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a shooting that occurred in the 600 block of School Street and located a 16-year-old male with gunshot wounds who was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The boy later succumbed to his injuries and died, HSPD Officer 1st Class Omar Cervantes, the department's public information officer, said in the release.
An 18-year-old male showed up at a local hospital with multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds from the incident, and a third victim, a 17-year-old female, was located in a vehicle in the parking lot of Exxon, 1200 Central Ave., where officers were flagged down by the driver while en route to a hospital.
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"She was suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds and officers provided emergency aid while EMS responded. She was taken to a hospital for treatment," Cervantes said in the release.
Cervantes told the newspaper the girl was still being treated Thursday at a local hospital.
"Due to the ongoing investigation, no other details of the incident are being released at this time," he said in the release.
Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact Hot Springs police Detective Mark Fallis at 501-441-5681.