EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A teenager has been charged with trying to shoot his sister’s boyfriend Tuesday afternoon in East Syracuse.

The attempted shooting happened on West Yates Street at Silver Street, said the DeWitt Police Department. It happened six months after the intended victim fired a gun at his girlfriend’s mother’s porch in the the same block of West Yates Street, police said.

Police rushed to West Yates Street around 2:40 p.m. after gunshots were reported.

Officers found a four-door Nissan sedan that had been struck by at least one bullet, police said. Officers then spoke with the driver of the Nissan.

Anthony Steves, 26, told officers he had been sitting in his car before gunshots were fired while his girlfriend took their 1-year-old child out of a car seat. When the baby was out of the car, Steves said his girlfriend’s 17-year-old brother walked up to the car and started shooting at him, police said.

Anthony Steves told officers the teenage shooter had been dropped off on West Yates Street in a newer Dodge Charger driven by Steven Macko, the teen’s friend, police said. Witnesses backed up Steves’ statement, police said.

After reaching the 17 year old and Macko by phone, investigators arranged for the suspects to turn themselves in, police said. Both were arrested Tuesday evening.

The 17 year old was charged with attempted first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies. He is being held at the Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in lieu of $10,000 cash or a $30,000 bail bond.

Macko, whose age and address were not immediately available, was charged with fourth-degree conspiracy, a felony. He was released on an appearance ticket.

Steves, the intended shooting victim, was arrested in September by DeWitt police and accused of firing a gun at his girlfriend’s mothers’ West Yates Street porch, police said. He was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday accusing him of failing to appear in court after he was indicted for third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Steves is being held in the Onondaga County Justice Center without bail.

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