Two Arrested After Father, Son Shot

Justin Stewart still does not know what the young man who shot him wanted.

Stewart was working with his father at Uncle Benny’s pawn shop in Meridian on Friday night when two youths walked in to look at a car stereo and other items.

“They didn’t ask for money, they didn’t ask for anything before they started shooting,” Stewart said Saturday.

They brought their own gun. And they apparently left without stealing anything.

Stewart saw a small, stainless steel revolver pointed toward him. But he did not believe the attack was real “until I reached up, touched my chest, and saw there was blood.”

Two suspects, both 17 years old, were arrested shortly after the shooting, but they had not been charged with any crime late Saturday and their names were not released. The youths were captured by Ada County Sheriff’s deputies in an RV sales lot after a brief chase.

Only one of the assailants opened fire. He shot Stewart once.

The youth also shot Justin’s father, Terry, in the head and chest, before fleeing. Terry Stewart remained hospitalized at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise Saturday in serious condition. But he was conscious and talking.