A seventeen-year-old boy of Little London, Westmoreland, has been charged with Assault at Common Law, Being in Possession of a Firearm at the time of Committing a First Scheduled offence and Using a Firearm to Commit a felony following an incident in his community on Wednesday, January 22.
Reports from the Savanna-la-mar police are that at about 10:30 a.m., the accused intervened in a verbal altercation between two persons, during which he drew a firearm from his waistband and pointed it at both individuals. He then attempted to fire the weapon; however, the firearm malfunctioned.
A report was made to the police, and the boy was subsequently apprehended and later charged.
His court date is being finalized.