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APSO: Physical altercation leads to shooting involving two juveniles

Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office

GONZALES, La. (BRPROUD) — The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of a shooting on Friday, February 12.

Around 4 p.m., deputies arrived on Barry St. and found one person with a gunshot wound.

That gunshot wound was the result of a physical altercation.

APSO says, “during the altercation one juvenile sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to a nearby hospital for non-life threatening injuries.”

One juvenile was taken into custody, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation into this shooting remains ongoing.