A shooting Thursday evening took the life of a 14 year old in St. George.

 Early reports are that the 14 year old was shot in the head and later died at Dixie Regional Medical Center.

The shooting occurred in the  600 block of North 2450 E. a few blocks south of Deseret Industries.

18 year old Anthony Vega was arrested later in the evening and booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on charges of one first-degree felony count of murder, along with obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony, as well as a third-degree count of being a category II restricted person in possession of a firearm.

He also faces a misdemeanor charge for giving false information to a police officer.

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