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Person fires gun at juvenile after being hit in head Wesley Chapel shopping center, juvenile arrested: PCSO

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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — A juvenile has been arrested for battery after a gun was fired in a Pasco County shopping center.

Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) said it has arrested the juvenile for battery on a person 65 years of age.

Deputies responded to Sierra Center Boulevard in Wesley Chapel around 6 p.m. Thursday for a shooting investigation.

A person over the age of 65 fired a gun after a juvenile allegedly struck the victim in the head, PCSO said. No one was stuck by the bullet, deputies said.

The juvenile fled and was later arrested, according to PCSO.

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