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16-year-old girl hospitalized, 2 arrested after New Port Richey shooting: NPR police

16-year-old girl hospitalized, 2 in custody after New Port Richey shooting: NPR police
16-year-old girl shot in New Port Richey near middle school
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — The New Port Richey Police Department said Wednesday morning it is investigating a shooting that left a 16-year-old girl hospitalized.

NPR police said the shooting happened just before 7:30 a.m. on April 15 in the area of Louisiana Avenue and Colonial Drive near Gulf Middle School.

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16-year-old girl hospitalized, 2 in custody after New Port Richey shooting: NPR police

Police said the 16-year-old girl was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

16-year-old girl shot in New Port Richey near middle school

Police said two individuals who were present at the scene, 30-year-old Dylan Styles and 38-year-old Nikki Marie Green, were arrested.

The report said Styles was arrested on multiple felony warrants out of Pasco County, and Green is charged with possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, violation of probation, and resisting an officer without violence.

There was no threat to the public, per police.

The scene was secured as of 12:30 p.m., police added.

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