LAKEWOOD - A 19-year-old woman was treated at Ocean Medical Center in Brick after she was struck by shrapnel from the discharge of a .40-caliber handgun on Thursday night, police said.

A report of “shots fired” came into the Lakewood Police Department at about 9:45 p.m. in the area of the Martin Luther King Drive and Center Street, said Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith.

Christian Grimes, 20, of Jackson, was charged with possession of a weapon and aggravated assault. Police determined that he had “negligently” fired the weapon into a concrete walkway, Staffordsmith said.

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Yadae Marrow, also of Jackson, who had been struck by bullet fragments, had gone to the hospital before police arrived on the scene. Marrow was later discharged after being treated for minor injuries to her legs, Staffordsmith said.

Grimes was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Ocean County Jail in Toms River, Staffordsmith said.

Police later determined that the handgun in the suspect’s possession had been stolen from its owner in South Carolina, Staffordsmith said.

Lakewood Police Detective Oscar Valmon and Officer Tyler DiStefano conducted the investigation at the scene.

Erik Larsen: 732-682-9359 or elarsen@gannettnj.com