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(Staten Island Advance Photo)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police arrested Lewis Jones, 25, in connection with a shooting that injured a 24-year-old man on the street in West Brighton early in the morning on Thursday.

Jones, who police said lives on Broadway, was arrested at 2:11 a.m. in front of the St. George Ferry Terminal following a search by the NYPD.

He faces charges of criminal possession of a stolen weapon in the second degree after being found with a loaded, 38-caliber blue metal firearm, police said.

Police are continuing to search for a second suspect identified only as a black male, said a spokeswoman for the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

The victim was in stable condition at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton after the incident at 1:05 a.m., according to police.

The victim told police he was standing at the corner of Broadway and Market Street when a silver vehicle stopped. A dispute between the victim and the front-seat passenger followed. As the victim turned his back to the car, he heard two shot ring out and then realized that he had been injured in the buttocks.

The suspects fled in the car.