A 17-year-old male is charged with aggravated assault and numerous other offences after a 38-year-old man was shot and wounded in Moose Lake March 18.
Moose Lake RCMP received a report of shots fired on Portage Road around 5 a.m. Saturday morning. While they were responding, an injured man was reported on Stagg Crescent. Police found the man who had been shot and took him to the nursing station for first aid. He was later transported out of the community for further treatment of injuries considered serious but not believed to be life-threatening.
As they investigated, RCMP officers identified a suspect and arrested the 17-year-old shortly past noon.
In addition to aggravated assault, he faces charges of discharging a firearm with intent, using a firearm in the commission of an offence, possessing a firearm while knowing that possession is unauthorized and five counts of failing to comply with court conditions.
He was remanded into custody.
