SPRINGDALE -- Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon near Luther George Park in Springdale, according to a Police Department news release.
The release said that an officer on patrol noticed a group of people running from the park toward a car around 4:33 p.m. Upon investigating the situation, the officer found a 14-year-old boy with blood on his face. The boy told the officer he had been shot, the release states.
The boy was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the release.
Witnesses told investigators there was an older model white Chevy pickup that left the area at a high rate of speed, the release states.
"Neither the victim nor witnesses on scene were cooperative about what took place," according to the release.