Arrest in August shooting near Galileo Academy that injured teen
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Police Department arrested a juvenile over the shooting of a teenage victim in August after the victim refused to join a gang, according to their mother.
Police made the arrest Tuesday around 4 p.m. when they spotted the 17-year-old suspect at Ocean Beach. During the arrest, police recovered a loaded gun and other items possibly related to the Aug. 21 shooting near Ghirardelli Square and Galileo Academy.
The 16-year-old victim was shot in his ankle around 12:30 p.m. a block from his high school. His mother told KTVU previously that other boys invited her son to a park where they pressured him to join their gang. When he refused, they shot him.
The victim is a recent immigrant from Colombia and was being bullied by other boys at his school before the shooting incident, his mother previously shared.
Mother speaks out after son, 16, shot near SF's Galileo Academy
The mother of a 16-year-old boy shot a block from his high school near San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square tells KTVU she thought at first he had been killed.
The suspect was identified as a San Francisco resident. It's unclear if they were also a Galileo Academy student.
He was booked into the Juvenile Justice Center for a felony charge of assault with a firearm.
KTVU reached out to SFUSD for comment over the recent arrest and is waiting to hear back. The victim's mother couldn't be immediately reached for comment.