A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult after deputies say a juvenile was assaulted and then shot at during a drive-by outside Bridgewater Apartments in Brandon.

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called around 2:26 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, to 500 Avalon Way for reports of a shooting. They found a juvenile male who had been the victim of a physical assault, and the target of gunfire moments later.

Investigators collected spent shell casings believed to have been fired from a silver four-door car as it fled. Surveillance video reviewed by deputies showed two assailants physically attacking the victim, then returning to the car, where a passenger fired multiple shots toward the juvenile as they drove off, according to the sheriff’s office.

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