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14-year-old boy accidentally shoots, wounds friend with dad’s revolver Saturday

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14-year-old boy accidentally shoots, wounds friend with dad’s revolver Saturday

JENSEN BEACH — A 14-year-old boy accidentally shot and wounded a friend around midnight Saturday at a home in Jensen Beach after getting hold of his father’s revolver, according to the Stuart Police Department. 

The victim, an unidentified teeanger, was treated for his injuries and released from the hospital, according to Stuart Police Lt. Michael Gerwan. No charges are being pressed, he added. 

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The 14-year-old found a key to the cabinet where his father kept the revolver, took it out and fired it inside the house in the 3800 block of Northwest Windemere Drive, Gerwan said. 

“I don’t know the circumstances of why the firearm was displayed,” he added. No further details about the incident were disclosed Sunday.

This was one of three shootings Saturday in Martin County.

Ri’ahj Lee Thomas, 20, of Fort Pierce shot a man in the leg around 10 a.m. Saturday at the Indian Run Apartments off Southeast Indian Street, police said. Thomas fled the scene and remained at large Sunday. 

Around 3 p.m. Saturday at the Cedar Pointe Condominiums, Henry and Ginger Wallace, both 81, were shot to death. A neighbor, Hugh Hootman, 75, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. A homeowners association dispute was the apparent motive in the shooting, according to Martin County Sheriff William Synder.