QuickTake:

Family identified the victim as Major Clemens, a Monroe Middle School eighth grader. The name of the person arrested was not released. Eugene police have given few details about their investigation other than to say the shooting was not random but “an incident between a group of individuals.”

A juvenile suspect has been arrested by Eugene police in connection with the Tuesday shooting of a 14-year-old boy, police announced Friday, Feb. 20.

Police responded at 9:46 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Marche Chase Drive and Kinsrow Avenue to reports of people running and vehicles fleeing the area, Eugene police said in a news release the day after the shooting.

As officers arrived, police received a report of an injured person in the parking lot of 330 S. Garden Way, the Chase Gardens Medical Center, and the boy was taken with life-threatening injuries to a hospital.

Police previously said the shooting was not random but “an incident between a group of individuals.”

The juvenile arrested faces a charge of first-degree assault, police said. Police declined to release his name, citing his age, and they also did not release the name of the shooting victim.

The family of the injured boy said his name is Major Clemens in a GoFundMe page raising money for his care. The crowdfunding page states that Clemens was shot in the head and is in a medically induced coma.

The boy’s mother, Sarah Erickson, said in a text message Thursday her son “is in critical condition and is surrounded by friends, family and loved ones.” 

“Major is a natural born leader, he is always standing up for everyone,” Erickson said.

Clemens is in the eighth grade and attends Monroe Middle School, she said.

A Eugene School District 4J spokesperson on Wednesday referred questions about the shooting to police and did not confirm any information about the victim, but said mental health and well-being professionals were at the school to provide support for students and staff.

Clemens’ cousin, Angela Church, said the shooting followed an argument between teenagers at Valley River Center shopping mall.

Church said the family wanted to speak out in part because of other youth violence in the area.

“We want to try to get his story out the right way and raise awareness of the groups of troubled teens and gun violence that’s been happening in Lane County lately,” Church said in a text message.

However, violence among teens “isn’t representative” of her cousin, who “wasn’t armed at all,” Church said.

“He wasn’t a part of what this group represented, he was simply there,” Church said.