CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A juvenile male was shot dead during a birthday party in Chesterfield County on Saturday.
Chesterfield Police have arrested two teenagers in connection to the deadly shooting at the Cultural Center of India on Iron Bridge Parkway.
Officers were called to the scene at around 10:30pm. Once at the scene, responding officers discovered a boy who had been shot to death.
A Chesterfield sheriff’s deputy working security ran into a suspect brandishing a handgun before police arrived.
According to police, the deputy shot the individual, and they were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials said the person who was shot by the deputy was not part of the fatal shooting.
Two teenage boys, one 17 years of age and another 15, were arrested on July 3rd in connection to the fatal shooting at the Cultural Center of India.
Both are being held at the Chesterfield Juvenile Detention Home.
Police said the victim and the two teenage suspects knew each other.
An investigation is ongoing.