Prosecutors: Victims in fatal shooting not intended targets
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say a gunman who fatally shot a 10-year-old boy and wounded his mother at their New Jersey home was trying to hit someone else when he opened fire.
But officials haven't disclosed a motive for Wednesday night's shooting in Asbury Park.
Police arrested a 16-year-old Neptune Township boy Thursday and charged him with numerous offenses, including murder and aggravated assault. They believe he was an accomplice of the shooter, who hasn't been located.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Monmouth County prosecutors say the shooter's intended target was a man who lived in the same home as the victims, 10-year-old Yovanni Banos-Merino and his mother, 38-year-old Lilia Merino.
Yovanni died shortly after the shooting; Merino was treated at a hospital for undisclosed injuries.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This story has been corrected to show Lilia Merino is 38 years old, not 39.