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Over the weekend, deputies executed a search and seizure warrant at a home in the 26000 block of Cox Drive in Mechanicsville, where one person was arrested.
The warrant was issued following an investigation into a Lexington Park shooting on Wednesday, June 26, where deputies discovered casings, live rounds, and a projectile at a crime scene.
No injuries were reported.
According to the sheriff's office, a minor was arrested on an open warrant, charging them as an adult with:
- Attempted second-degree murder;
- First- and second-degree assault;
- Reckless endangerment;
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime;
- Handgun on person;
- Loaded handgun on person.
"Law enforcement agencies are prohibited from publicly identifying a juvenile, even when charged as an adult," a spokesperson for the sheriff's office said. "Due to legal protections safeguarding the juvenile’s identity throughout the judicial process."
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