TEMPE, AZ — A teenage boy is seriously hurt after he was shot early Sunday morning in Tempe.
Tempe police say officers heard gunshots near a parking lot on Mill Avenue just north of Tempe Town Lake just after 12:15 a.m.
Officers soon found a 15-year-old boy suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on Rio Salado Parkway just east of Mill Avenue.
He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. He has since been stabalized and is expected to survive.
Police say they are still working to identify and locate the suspect(s) and their vehicle.
They believe that the boy was a passenger in a vehicle when another vehicle started shooting at the victim's car.
While the shooting happened in an area where protests were taking place, Tempe police say the shooting was not connected to the protests.
The shooting remains under investigation.
