Teen critical following shooting

Another youth was shot last night but luckily he survived the attack. Around seven Sixteen year old Jermaine Matura of Arlington Drive was shot twice while inside a yard at sixty-three Central American Boulevard with family and friends. Statements given by those in the area indicate that they heard noises coming from a nearby vacant lot after which gunshots rang out. Matura was hit in the abdomen and the back of the right hand and is listed in a critical but stable condition at the K.H.M.H. His mother, Lisa Matura, told News Five that Jermaine was at home watching the news before leaving the house. It was shortly after this that she heard the shots. Police say they are looking for two suspects, Austin and Kareem Stevens in connection with last night’s shooting. Meanwhile, News Five understands that Matura was also shot at two weeks ago, but was not hit. Lisa Matura, along with other mothers of at risk youths, was part of a meeting this afternoon called by the Conscious Youth Development Programme to respond to the recent elevated level of violence affecting their children.