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Boy, 14, accused of shooting teen in the face
His accomplice faces charges in another shooting, Tampa police say.
By STEPHANIE HAYES
Published November 17, 2006
TAMPA - Tampa police arrested a 14-year-old boy Thursday on charges that he shot another 14-year-old in the face Oct. 28, leaving bullet fragments behind the boy's eye. "I didn't mean to shoot that boy," Michael Wayne Scott said, according to police. His friend, 17-year-old James D. Jackson, of 6904 78th St., provided the .25-caliber handgun, helped rob the boy and implicated Scott, said police spokesman Larry McKinnon. Jackson was talking to police Wednesday because he was charged that day with shooting a homeless man after helping another teen rob him. In that shooting, police identified Jackson's accomplice as Clayton A. White, 16. "We're looking at other robberies as well," McKinnon said. Police said Anthony Kent, 14, was riding his bike near Linebaugh Avenue and 14th Street on Oct. 28 when Scott hit him in the face with the gun, which discharged, launching a bullet through Kent's nostril. Kent was treated at Tampa General Hospital and released. Then, about 1 a.m. Wednesday, officials say Jackson stole $10 from Don VanHook in the parking lot of a Citgo gas station at 3003 E Busch Blvd. He then tried to shoot VanHook in the head, but the gun jammed, and Jackson shot VanHook in the right leg, officials said. "He intended to kill him," McKinnon said. VanHook was in fair condition at St. Joseph's Hospital. Police found Jackson in an attic at the Garden Villa Apartments behind Citgo. He was charged as an adult with robbery, aggravated assault, felony firearm possession and attempted murder, and held without bail. Scott was charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery and felony firearm possession. White was charged with armed robbery and aggravated battery. Both remained in a juvenile detention center Thursday. Stephanie Hayes can be reached at shayes@sptimes.com or 813 269-5303.
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