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Police investigating after 18-year-old shot in Indiana County residence

Indiana Borough police are investigating after an 18-year-old man was shot Friday night.

It happened inside a residence in the 00 block of North 15th Street around 9:30 p.m., police said.

Police say Jacob Robert Kelly, 19, and another person were inside the residence when Kelly started to wave around a gun. The gun discharged and struck the victim.

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The victim is being treated at Allegheny General Hospital for a gunshot wound to the chest area.

Kelly was arrested at the scene and is being charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault and tampering or fabricating physical evidence.

Police are still investigating.