Shots fired in Elmont

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Nassau County Police have arrested two teens who allegedly fired gunshots at a car in Valley Stream.

According to detectives, Fifth Precinct officers responded to 45 S. Covert Avenue for shots fired. Witnesses at the scene told officers that the person who fired the shots fled in a black Prius that was located at the intersection of N. Fletcher Avenue and Kent Road in Valley Stream. An investigation revealed Rhayne O. Morris, 17, of Valley Stream fired a 9 mm pistol striking the vehicle of a female victim, age 35. Morris was also found to be in possession of psilocybin (mushrooms). A male juvenile, 15, was found to be in possession of psilocybin and Xanax and was arrested at the scene.

Morris is charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, first-degree reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a firearm, fourth-degree criminal mischief and seventh-degree criminal control of a controlled substance.

The juvenile is charged with criminal possession of a firearm and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

The suspects were to have been arraigned on Wednesday, June 29, at First District Court in Hempstead.