Public Safety

Teen arrested after firing at victims following Archer Road argument

Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 17-year-old Saturday night after he allegedly opened fire on a group of people following a dispute that began at a gas station on Southwest Archer Road. According to deputies, the suspects followed the victims from the Chevron station into a residential area near 129th Street before the teenager discharged a weapon from a vehicle; no one was hit. The juvenile was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of another person, and a second suspect faces pending charges.

Sources: WCJB TV20