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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.

Pasco schools tell parents kindergartners must be potty-trained before class starts

District leaders were receiving reports at the start of the school year that nearly every elementary school had about 10 students who could not independently use the restroom.

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