THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, March 25, 1995 TAG: 9503250307
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
A middle school student was shot in the leg with a handgun Friday morning at a school bus stop in the city's East End, police said.
A 15-year-old suspended Warwick High School student, whose name is being withheld because of his age, was charged Friday with maiming and use of a firearm. He is being held in Newport News juvenile detention.
Police spokeswoman Patricia L. Mahaffy said a preliminary investigation indicated that the shooting was probably accidental.
The wounded student, 13-year-old Jason Williams, attends Hines Middle School. He was treated at Sentara Hampton General Hospital and released.
The incident occurred at Wickham Avenue and 14th Street at about 8 a.m.
The suspect's mother said her son has been on suspension from Warwick High School for fighting on a school bus.
She said she did not know where her son had gotten a gun.
``He told me that he found it,'' she said.
KEYWORDS: SHOOTING ASSAULT by CNB