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Police Charge 3 Teens In Shooting At Tampa Park

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Published: August 13, 2008

Darnell Jackson

Demetrius Johnson

Devarius McClain

TAMPA - Police have charged three teenagers in a shooting that wounded two others at a city park on Monday.

Darnell Jackson, 17, Demetrius Johnson, 17, and Devarius McClain, 16, are charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, Tampa police said today.

The teens were booked into the Juvenile Assessment Center.

Police said tips led them to the youths, who police said fired into a crowd on the basketball courts about 8 p.m. Monday at Fair Oaks Park, 5019 N. 34th St. The gunshots wounded Arnold Montgomery, 19, and Octavious Laundry, 18, both of whom live nearby.

Montgomery, 19, was listed in critical condition Tuesday at Tampa General Hospital. Police said he was shot in the stomach.

Laundry, 18, was discharged from the hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg, police and hospital officials said.

Police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said the shooting occurred after a group of about eight teens were walking north on 34th Street when they passed another group of teens inside the park.

The second group was hanging out, leaning on the fence that separated the basketball courts from the street, Davis said.

She said words were exchanged between the groups.

Three teens from the group on 34th Street pulled out handguns, and two fired into the crowd on the basketball courts, striking Montgomery and Laundry, Davis said.

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