TEXARKANA, Texas -- Three teenage boys have been arrested for allegedly shooting at another boy near a hotel on Cowhorn Creek.
The caller reported to police that the boys had just left the area and were running across the Central Mall parking lot. Texarkana Texas police officers Jonathan Price and Kevin Cornelius were close by and reached the mall within a few seconds.
The three boys allegedly tried to duck into one of the Dillard's loading docks to hide, but they'd already been spotted. They tried to run again, but the officers were able to catch them before they could get far.
The boys are ages 13, 14, and 16. The 16-year-old had a backpack with him that had two handguns, one which had been reported stolen in Illinois, a replica air pistol, and a small container of marijuana in it.
They were arrested and transported to the juvenile detention center. All of them were charged with evading arrest, and the one with the backpack was also charged with deadly conduct-discharging a firearm, theft of a firearm, unlawful carrying a weapon, and possession of marijuana.