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MAIN STREET USA. >> I AM SHOCKED BEYOND SHOCKED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN MY TOWN. >> THE TINY TOWN OF OXFORD I WORCESTER COUNTY IS BUZZING TONIGH ITS 14,000 RESIDENTS STUNNED TO LEARN A 15-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT, JUST STEPS FROM WHERE MANY WERE GATHERING FROM 4:00 P.M. A MASS. >> THIS IS DEFINITELY UNEXPECTED FOR US. THIS IS NOT A USUAL EVENT IN THE TOWN OF OXFORD. >> POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AT 4:30 WHEN A 17-YEAR-OLD FIRED ON ANOTHER TEEN, THEN FLED TOWARDS SOME NEIGHBORING TRAIN TRACKS. WHEN POLICE RESPONDED THEY FOUND THE INJURED TEEN IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY. A SHELL CASING NEAR THE SIDEWALK. AND EVENTUALLY A GUN. THE CHIEF CALLING THE INCIDENT CHAOTIC. >> IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THINGS LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN, EVEN IN SMALL COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS. >> THANKFULLY POLICE QUICKLY CAUGHT THE SUSPECT ON NEARBY WATER STREET. AND THE VICTIM SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. A COUPLE HOUSES DOWN, LIFE-LONG RESIDENT SHEILA THOMAS WAS STUNNE >> MORE POLICE ACTIVITY THAN I’VE SEEN IN TOWN. >> LIKE EVER? LIKE EVER. OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECTS WILL -- THE SUSPECT WILL FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES. >> I WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ACT. AND THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT THEIR MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES AS PLANNED. >> I CAN’T IMAGINE TH HAPPENING AND YET HERE WE ARE. >> POLIC

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A 15-year-old boy was shot by a 17-year-old boy during a fight outside of a library and church on Main Street in Oxford, according to police.Since both the victim and suspect are juveniles, police will not be releasing their identities.Oxford Police Chief Anthony Saad said the SHOOTER faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, attempted murder, unlicensed possession of a firearm and ammunition and discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. Saad anticipates the shooter will face additional charges.“This is definitely unexpected for us. This is not a usual event in the town of Oxford," Saad said. "That’s why I was glad to see that all the resources responded and assisted us to help us through this chaotic event.” Police said they received a call at approximately 4:29 p.m. Saturday for a report of a fight in the center of town and shots fired.Upon arrival, officers found a 15-year-old boy on the sidewalk outside the town library at 339 Main St., suffering from a gunshot wound.He was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.After an initial investigation, police determined the altercation started outside of the St. Roch Parish rectory at 334 Main St.The shooter, a 17-year-old boy, fled behind St. Roch Parish along the railroad tracks, according to police.Following a search of an area, an Oxford police officer found the teen on Water Street, about an eighth of a mile from the scene of the shooting. The suspect was arrested but did not have a firearm in his possession.State police responded to the scene as a spent round was recovered in the grass at the scene of the shooting.Several K-9 officers searched the area between St. Roch's, the railroad tracks and Water Street.At 6:12 p.m., police recovered the firearm, a .38-caliber semi-automatic handgun.Police are interviewing several witnesses to the incident in order to determine a motive for the shooting.Worcester police and K-9s, Webster police and K-9s and the Massachusetts Environmental Police K-9 division provided assistance.The investigation into the shooting is active and ongoing.