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Boy, 11, shot at Juneteenth festival, police in Columbus, Ohio seek video footage

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(CBS) COLUMBUS - Authorities in Columbus, Ohio are asking the public for information about, or video footage, of the shooting at a festival Saturday that left one 11-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the leg, according to CBS affiliate WBNS.

Police said they believe a 15-year-old is responsible for the shooting which took place on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the city's annual Juneteenth festival which marks African-American Emancipation.

The 15-year-old was arrested and charged with felonious assault, but police said they are still looking for another male who they believe to be involved.

Police have requested that community members turn in any amateur or professional video from the event.

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