Two additional Cape Coral teens, between the ages of 13 and 15, were arrested after a shooting involving a stolen SUV led police to uncover a string of vehicle thefts and stolen firearms. A 12-year-old was already arrested for pulling the trigger.
According to the Cape Coral Police Department, the investigation began after officers responded to a report of a shooting at 3030 Skyline Blvd. around 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 13.
B S, 12, called 911 and said his friend had accidentally shot himself. When officers arrived, they found QP, 13, with a gunshot wound in the front passenger seat of a silver Nissan Rogue. The other juveniles in the car ran away before police arrived. Preston was taken to a hospital.
Detectives determined that S accidentally shot P. S was arrested on the day of the shootingon several charges related to the incident. A third juvenile who fled the scene was arrested on February 19.
Later that day, a resident reported their 2013 blue Mitsubishi Outlander Sport stolen, which had two firearms inside.
Police said they learned that P stole the vehicle and picked up S. Surveillance footage from a local 7-Eleven showed the pair allegedly filling the vehicle with gas before abandoning it after getting it stuck in the sand.
Police found cell phone videos of P and S handling the stolen firearms inside the Mitsubishi. The video also showed the pair driving the stolen Nissan Rogue before picking up two other teens, MDHN, 15, and AJL, 14.
Investigators said Narvaez was driving the Rogue when P was shot. L and S were passengers.
Both N and L ran away from the scene but were later found. Two stolen guns were found in the vehicle. N had an active Risk Protection Order, which prohibits him from having guns.
P was arrested on charges including armed burglary, grand theft of a vehicle and firearms, minor in possession of a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm.
Lubinfaces charges of grand theft of a vehicle and firearm. S, also already in custody, faces additional charges of armed burglary and grand theft of a vehicle.
N, who was already in custody, faces similar charges, including violating the Risk Protection Order.
Cape Coral police say the investigation is ongoing.
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