SEATTLE -- Four people accused of shooting an 18-year-old man in South Park were charged Thursday.

Prosecutors allege Rudy Rapisura, 24, David B. Santos, 18, Jario Gomez-Cervantes, 18, and Armando Gomez-Pablo, 16, each took part in the drive-by shooting that left the man wounded in the back. A fifth person in the car, an 18-year-old man, was not charged.

The incident began just after midnight Sunday when police received a call about shots fired near the 1000 block of South Sullivan Street.

Police and witnesses say a teenager was injured when gunshots were fired from a white SUV at a group of friends walking down a South Park street early Sunday.

After the shooting, the victim ran with two of his friends to the home of another friend, who called 911.

"All three of them come in, he falls to the ground and yells that he was shot," said the friend, Benito, who asked that his last name not be used.

Officers were given a description of the white SUV, and it was spotted about 10 minutes later heading down Interstate 5.

The vehicle was stopped and five people inside were held by police. Police say two guns were visible under the front seat. A searched turned up two gang bandanas, a gun holster and four bags of marijuana, court documents said.

Later, while being interviewed by detectives, Armando Gomez-Pablo said the victim was with a group of people messing with his cousin, Jario Gomez-Cervantes, and crossing out gang markings as a sign of disrespect.

He said Jario was going to shoot the victims right there in the parking lot, but he told him not to so surveillance cameras wouldn't record video of their, court documents said.

The victims ran down the alley and Jario's group got in their SUV to follow, with Armando at the wheel, he said. They caught up with the victims a short time later and Santos, Rapisura and Jario get out of the car. A moment later, three gun shots rang out, Armando said.

The three jumped back in the car and told Armando to drive away. He said was on his way to this house when he was stopped by police.

Once in custody, Jario admitted to detectives he fired several shots from a .22-caliber handgun, then stuck it under the seat.

Detectives from the Seattle Police Department's Gang Unit are investigating and trying to determine whether the victim and shooter knew each other. But neighbors say the victim was not a gang member.

"He is a good kid in our neighborhood," Benito said. "He goes around cutting people's yards and stuff like that. He's not a bad kid at all. He just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time."

He said the neighborhood feels police should step up patrols and offer some activities for youth in the area.

"It just seems like it's a never-ending thing... cause all these kids are just going around, just crazy with each other," he said.

If convicted as charged, Rapisura's sentence range is 21 to 27 months in prison. The others face a range of 15 to 20 months in prison.

All four defendants remain in jail -- Rapisura and Gomez-Cervantes are being held on $500,000 bail while Santos and Gomez-Pablo is being held on $200,000 bail.

The four are scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 25.