Teen arrested, charged for shooting juvenile at Hanes Mall
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Jan 27 2020— A juvenile victim was shot Friday night outside of the Forever 21 at the Hanes mall in Winston-Salem, according to a Winston-Salem Police Department news release.
Isaac Banos Salazar, 18, of Winston-Salem, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling, carrying a concealed gun and discharging a firearm in the city limits.
He was booked into the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center under a $50,000 bond. Jail staff said Salazar had bonded out Saturday.
He was arrested in the Hanes Mall parking lot at 8:54 p.m. after officers were in the area when they heard what sounded like gunshots.
They responded and found the juvenile victim who was suffering from what appeared to be a non-life-threatening gunshot wound on the sidewalk near J.C. Penney’s.
An investigation found that the victim and Salazar knew each other.
Salazar shot the victim when he was leaving the Forever 21 around 8:30 p.m. and walking towards the parking lot, the release says.
The victim then ran to where he was found near the J.C. Penney’s.
He was then taken to the hospital.
Salazar was arrested near Dave and Busters without incident.
No other injuries were reported.
Several windows of the Forever 21 were shattered from the gunfire.
The Winston-Salem Police Department requests that anyone with information regarding this incident, or with video footage of the incident, contact CrimeStoppers at (336) 727-2800 or “Crime Stoppers of Winston-Salem Forsyth County” on Facebook.
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