Arrest made in shooting of teen on Md. church grounds

WASHINGTON – A 17-year-old has been arrested in the shooting of another teenager in Frederick, Maryland, on Monday.

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested Neal Stevenson Hall, 17, of Frederick, Tuesday. He’s being charged as an adult with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

A 16-year-old boy was shot Monday at about 5 p.m. on the grounds of the Emmanuel Alliance Church on Ladd Lane, in Frederick, the sheriffs said. He was hit in the upper rear thigh and was treated at a hospital and released.

The sheriff’s office had said on Tuesday that they didn’t think the shooting was random.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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