WILMINGTON — Police are investigating the second shooting in less than 24 hoursl this time, a shooting left two teenagers injured — it is too early to know if they are connected, according to Wilmington Police.
“Police responded to a residence in the 1100 block of South 7th Street just before 4 a.m. in reference to a ShotSpotter notification. The victim’s mother transported him to New Hanover Regional Medical Center for a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The victim’s residence had been struck with gunfire multiple times. The victim was inside the house at the time of the shooting,” according to a press release.
On Monday a 17-year-old was shot and left with non-life threatening injuries as well at 6th Street and Taylor Street around 3 p.m.
Both investigations are ongoing, police say.
