Two people were arrested on Saturday after a shooting at a Chevron gas station that left one person injured.
According to the New Port Richey Police Department, officers responded to calls about a shooting in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Congress Street at 10:41 a.m.
An investigation revealed that two men had opened fire during an altercation.
Officers said their initial gunshots missed each other but a stray bullet hit an individual who was in a parking lot across the street.
The victim, who was struck in the lower body, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Bayonet Point Hospital for treatment.
New Port Richey police arrested the suspects, SG, 44, and EG, 38, and charged them both with second-degree attempted homicide.
G received an additional charge of shooting into an occupied structure.
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Source: wfla
