UPDATE: 2 juveniles facing assault charges in shooting during parade

May 6, 2016

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The Latest on a shooting near the route of the Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade on Thursday (all times local):

5/6/2016 10:00 a.m.

Police have charged two juveniles in a shooting that wounded two teens near the route of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Pegasus Parade.

Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said Friday that both 15-year-old boys are facing two counts each of assault, tampering with evidence, possession of a handgun by a minor and receiving stolen property.

She said the teens wounded in the Thursday shooting are expected to recover. Police have said the victims are a 17-year-old boy believed to be known by the teens who were apprehended and a 14-year-old girl.

The shooting occurred shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday along a main intersection in downtown Louisville that’s along the parade route. The parade began at 5 p.m. and people were standing and sitting about two deep along the route.

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5-5-2016 9:00 p.m.

Louisville Police Chief Steve Conrad says two teenage boys have been taken into custody and are being questioned after a shooting near the route of the Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade that injured two other teens.

He says a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening in the shooting Thursday evening.

The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. in downtown Louisville near the parade route. The parade began at 5 p.m., and people were lining the streets to watch.

Conrad said at a news conference that officers apprehended the two 15-year-olds within minutes of the shooting. He said it’s believed the three boys know each other but believe the girl was “an innocent bystander.”

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said 100,000 or more people attended the parade, one of the events held during a week of festivities leading up to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

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7:20 p.m.

Louisville police say two people have been shot near the route of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Pegasus Parade.

Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says both people were taken to a hospital with injuries that didn’t appear to be life-threatening. She did not have ages or other identifying information about the victims.

Smiley said the shooting occurred shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the area of Fourth Street and Broadway, a main intersection in downtown Louisville that is along the parade route. The parade began at 5 p.m., and people were lining the streets to watch.