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By Mitra Malek
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
BOYNTON BEACH
Boynton Beach Police are investigating a shooting that left two men injured around midnight in the 300 block of Northeast 28th Court.
One man is in critical condition at Delray Trauma Center after being shot in the head, according to police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater in a media advisory. The other man was treated and released from Bethesda Hospital after being shot in the leg, she said.
It appears that both men were inside of a car when the shooting occurred, Slater said ...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/shooting-injures-two-men-in-boynton-beach-early-sa/nP5zM/
Lantana man arrested in connection with Saturday shooting death of Boynton Beach man
By Bill DiPaolo and Leslie Gray Streeter
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
BOYNTON BEACH A 20-year-old Lantana man was charged Sunday with firing shots into a crowd of about 100 people at a block party early Saturday morning.
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Mark Phileus, an 18-year-old Boynton Beach man who was in the crowd, died Sunday at Delray Beach Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the head.
Markiss Mercy, of the 500 block of Wilkinson Road, is facing charges of improper exhibition of a firearm, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Mercy is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $501,000 bail. Police issued an email Monday explaining that Mercy is not charged in the death of Phileus ...
when they were driving north through the block party, (Mercy) opened fire into the crowd with what appeared to be a small caliber firearm which he then placed in his waistband covering it with a towel, George said, according to the Boynton Beach police report.
The other victim, Marquis Bradley, 21, also of Boynton Beach, was shot in the leg ...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/man-dies-after-shooting-early-saturday-in-boynton-/nP6MB/