MOSES LAKE, Wash. — A 14-year-old juvenile was arrested on Monday for the murder of another 14-year-old in Moses Lake over the weekend.
According to the Moses Lake Police Department, the juvenile was arrested at Kadlec Hospital in Richland, after seeking treatment for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower leg.
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Detectives believed the wound was self-inflicted during the Friday shooting.
On March 21, 14-year-old Mario Amezcua and four others were shot in a drive-by shooting. Amezcua died at the scene. The Grant County Coroner confirmed on Tuesday the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.
The juvenile suspect was booked on charges of first-degree murder.
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