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Show Youth 'serious but stable' after shooting incident with 11-year-old A Pleasant Grove teenager is in serious but stable condition at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center after oeing shot in the neck Saturday night in the Pleasant Grove home of a friend. Lt. Tom Paul of the Pleasant Grove Police Dept. reported that Kristal Harvey, 14, was shot by a .22 caliber pistol following an argument between a group of kids. An 11-year-old youth is being referred to Juvenile Court in connection con-nection with the shooting, Lt. Paul said. The officer stated that the girl was taken to American Fork Hospital by Pleasant Grove Ambulance and then transferred to UVRMC where surgery was done to remove the bullet which had lodged near the spinal column. Investigation of the shooting is continuing, Lt. Paul reported. Lt. Paul said the argument centered around some pizza the girls had purchased, he stated that the mother of the boy was at work at the time of the shooting. Kristal is a friend of the sister of the boy who apparently did the shooting, the officer added. |