Police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested for shooting at a group of fellow teens who approached him in an attempt to rob him.
According to the Mason Police District in Fairfax County, a group of five 17 and 18-year-old teens approached a 17-year-old boy they knew and demanded his cell phone in the 9300 block of Tovito Drive.
The five teens then confronted another 17-year-old they knew. However, that teen had a handgun he fired at the group. One 18-year-old was struck and transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The 17-year-old who fired the weapon was arrested and charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
