FOUR TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO PIECE TOGETHER FACTS IN THE SHOOTING OF ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE TEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD MARIAH BYBERG WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN IN A HOME AT 585 NORWOOD STREET AND WAS RUSHED TO THE PEACE RIVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BY HER BOYFRIEND. SHE HAD MAJOR SURGERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND IS RECOVERING. DETECTIVES LOCATED TWO WEAPONS IN THE HOME THAT WERE REPORTEDLY STOLEN IN A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY EARLIER WEDNESDAY, ONE OF WHICH WAS USED IN THE SHOOTING. THEY ALSO ARRESTED 18 YEAR OLD JESSIE HORNBAKE ON A CHARGE OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY; 13 YEAR OLD CHASE WHITE ON CHARGES OF ARMED BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT OF A FIREARM; 17 YEAR OLD DANIEL ORTIZ ON CHARGES OF ARMED BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT OF A FIREARM PLUS ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN OTHER BURGLARIES; AND 18 YEAR OLD KEVIN GUZMAN ON CHARGES OF PRINCIPAL TO BURGLARY AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. IT’S STILL NOT KNOWN WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER IN THE WEDNESDAY SHOOTING AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
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