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Drive-by shooter hits boy

Photo by TED PRITCHARD / Staff

Story by MICHAEL LIGHSTONE AND DAN ARSENAULT Staff Reporter

A drive-by shooter hit a 14-year-old boy in the shoulder in the area of Bayers Road and Romans Avenue in Halifax early Tuesday night.

Halifax Regional Police took a teenage boy and girl into custody for questioning shortly afterwards.

After the shooting, the victim walked with his friends to a police office located in the Halifax Shopping Centre and arrived at 6:25 p.m. When he was initially hit, he thought someone in a passing Honda Civic had thrown a firecracker at him.

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Shooting suspect breaks down during arraignment

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Another gold, more records for Canada at world juniors

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