(MSC News)--A Wathena teenager has been charged in Buchanan County in connection with a shooting earlier this year.
17-year-old William Dowlen was taken into custody Friday on a felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon.
According to court documents, Dowlen is accused of shooting a 20-year-old St. Joseph man in his right leg during a large drinking party early January 22nd in the area of Southeast Mount Zion Road.
The man was transported to a Kansas City hospital for treatment of the non-life threatening wound.
Dowlen is held in the Buchanan County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
His scheduled to appear in a Buchanan County courtroom Tuesday.
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