A 15-year-old boy was shot in the arm by a relative during a family outing Wednesday at Long's Park, according to Lancaster city police.
Investigators said the teen was squirting a "super-soaker type" water gun shortly after 4 p.m. when James Lawoyne Thedford Sr. shot him, hitting the boy's right wrist.
Thedford and others took the boy to an area hospital, where he was treated and released, according to Capt. Kent Switzer.
The gun believed to have been used in the shooting was recovered from the vehicle that was used to take the teen to the hospital, according to investigators.
Police said Thedford had a permit to carry a concealed firearm.
Switzer declined to say how the teen and Thedford are related. He said the investigation is ongoing.
Thedford, 35, who lives on Jennings Drive in Lancaster Township, was charged with one count of aggravated assault and three counts of reckless endangerment.
He was being held Wednesday night for arraignment.
SOURCE: York Daily Record
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