Vacant Home In Foreclosure Allegedly Used By Teen In Shooting Of Another Juvenile

In Polk County, Florida, The Tampa Tribune reports:

• After stealing his older sister's handgun, a 16-year-old Kissimmee boy shot another 16-year-old boy in the lower back [last week] during a drug deal, Polk County deputies say. [...] Deputies arrested Joshua Alan Brown [last] Saturday and booked him into the Juvenile Assessment Center on charges of attempted first degree murder with a firearm, robbery with a firearm, possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana, possession and/or use of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer without violence.

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• Brown lured [the victim] to a vacant house under foreclosure [...] under the pretense of buying drugs, [Brown's] statement said. When [the victim] entered the house, Brown pulled the slide back on his gun to get [the victim's] attention and [the victim] ran as Brown fired one shot into [the victim's] back, according to the statement. [The victim] managed to get outside the house before falling to the ground, Brown said. Brown acknowledged stealing the marijuana from [the victim] and leaving the scene, deputies said.

For the story, see Arrest Made In Teen's Shooting.