Overview

• Police identified the suspect as Stephen Cooper, 48, of Saugus, and said both men were still on the scene when officers arrived.
• The victim, a 32-year-old Melrose man, was hospitalized with a serious but non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg.
• Officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. to Lincoln Avenue in Cliftondale Square near the Banana Splitz parking lot.
• Witnesses reported a fistfight in the lot before a gun was drawn and a single shot was fired.
• Cooper is licensed to carry, but police say he faces multiple firearm-related charges and his license is pending suspension.