ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – Deputies have made an arrest in the Sunday incident during which a 9-year-old boy was shot in the head and survived, officials with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said.
The victim was riding in a vehicle on I-95, south of State Road 520, in Rockledge when the boy was shot in the head, deputies said. Two other passengers were injured from the shattered glass, according to the report.
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On Sunday night, 21-year-old Justin Trayshod Weaver, of Cocoa, was arrested in connection with the shooting.
Deputies said Weaver was found on Tucker Lane with a rifle. Investigators determined Weaver had been shooting the rifle when one of the bullets struck a passing vehicle.
"It was determined that the shooting was accidental and Weaver did not intentionally aim at the vehicle," according to a Brevard County Sheriff's Office news release.
Weaver is charged with culpable negligence inflicting harm, five counts of culpable negligence exposure to harm, discharging a firearm in public and possession of marijuana. Weaver was booked into the Brevard County Jail and held on $4,000 bail.
The victim was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center and was released Sunday night.