WPTV, Boynton Beach Police Department

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon in Boynton Beach claimed the life of a 16-year-old, police said.

Officials said officers were flagged down by a concerned father while responding to an unrelated traffic crash at about 3:30 p.m.

The father told officers that his 16-year-old son, Charles Morris Jr. of Boynton Beach, had just been shot near Northeast 10th Avenue.

According to police, the father explained that his son's friend had provided information to his son's mother, that Morris had been robbed and shortly afterward, he heard gunshots.

Officers then contacted Morris' mother, who said that when she last spoke to her son, he said he was going fishing with a friend in a nearby area.

Officers attempted to locate

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