FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — A 17-year-old boy was taken into custody after a 14-year-old boy was shot in Fall River Thursday night.

Officers responded to the Maple Gardens housing complex on Miller Street at approximately 8 p.m. and found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound to the face.

He was rushed to Hasbro Children’s Hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police said he was stable as of Friday morning.

The 17-year-old is charged with assault and battery with a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, carrying a loaded firearm without a license to carry, carrying a firearm without a license to carry, and receiving stolen goods.

Police said, “current information indicates that the victim was not targeted and this may have been unintentional.”

It’s unclear at this time what led up to the shooting.