PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A 17-year-old is in the hospital following a shooting Friday afternoon in Portsmouth, according to police.
The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. in the 4000 block of River Shore Road, police say.
"Officers found a 17-year-old male, a juvenile, shot in his extremities," Portsmouth Police Department Spokesperson Elexcia Washington said.
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The boy was taken to a hospital for treatment with what Washington said were non-life threatening injuries.
"Additional units did arrive on scene to investigate the shooting. upon their investigation, they discovered that this was the result of an argument over a handicap parking space," Washington explained.
Police say an argument over a parking space led to the shooting.
The shooting happened not far from Churchland High School. Police emphasized that it did not happen on school grounds.
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Many students could be seen walking past the crime scene on their way home from school Friday afternoon.
One of those students was senior Myles Harris. He said he thought the school was doing a drill when it went into lockdown after the shooting.
"I was, like, here we go again. But then, I didn't hear 'This is a drill.' I was like, oh, something's going down," Harris said.
He called the shooting a bad influence on the neighborhood.
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"Another man’s getting shot down. That could’ve been me, that could’ve been any one of us. Parents are going to have to suffer the fate of that," said Harris. "It sucks. I don’t want that happening to me.”
Washington said the lockdown at the school was just a precaution. Students and staff were never in danger.
Friday afternoon, no arrests had been made. Contact Portsmouth police if you have any information about the shooting.
