RACINE - The 15-year-old girl shot in the leg Friday with a shotgun began the week Monday with surgery and was tentatively scheduled to endure more surgery today, family members reported.

Meanwhile, four 15-year-old boys who were inside the Boyd Avenue home when the shooting took place had initial appearances in juvenile court Monday afternoon. Three of them are facing charges of underage possession of a dangerous weapon.

The fourth, Santino Rodriguez, who authorities have identified as the shooter, is charged with underage possession of a dangerous weapon and second-degree reckless endangerment causing an injury. Over objections from a public defender, Racine County Circuit Court Judge Faye Flancher authorized releasing Rodriguez's name because he has a juvenile delinquency record. She also noted that the endangerment charge would have been classified as a felony if he were an adult.

All four suspects will face hearings later this month on whether they will be waived into adult court.

The four were apprehended Friday night after the shooting was reported at 5:53 p.m. The victim, whose first name is Summer, called 911 herself and then pulled herself through the house at 1625 Boyd Ave. toward the front door where she received aid from her brother and a neighbor. Witness accounts and emergency radio reports indicated the girl suffered significant tissue damage to her leg and loss of blood.

Deborah Bauer, the girl's mother, said Summer suffered permanent injury from the shotgun blast, including loss of her kneecap. Charlie Bauer, the victim's brother, said Monday's surgery involved removing more tissue. He said Summer, a sophomore at Horlick High School, is tentatively scheduled to have more surgery today. He said doctors were predicting a stay at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa of at least another week and a half.

During Monday's hearing, the public defender unsuccessfully tried to have Flancher allow all the suspects but Rodriguez released to their parents' custody. But Flancher said the dangerous nature of the incident precluded her from allowing the release. She ordered the suspects to

remain separated during their stay at the juvenile detention center on Taylor Avenue.

Richard Barta, a Racine County assistant district attorney, told Flancher that the suspects in the case all admitted to gang-style activity as members of what they called "a clique" named "the Black Mob."

Barta also said all of the suspects said Rodriguez had the shotgun well before the shooting. Barta said Rodriguez admitted buying the shotgun for $200 from another gang member.

"The possession of this shotgun has led to tragic results," Barta said during his arguments to keep the suspects in custody.

Rodriguez's waiver hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Aug, 30 at the Racine County Law Enforcement Center, 717 Wisconsin Ave. The hearings for the other suspects will take place between Aug. 29 and 31 at various county courtrooms.

Racine Police Department Sgt. Mike Polzin said Monday that Summer was friends with the teenagers who were arrested. Bauer said she had warned her daughter about going to 1625 Boyd Ave., which is next door to Bauer's home.

Friday's incident marked the second time police had been to the house this year for a gun incident. On April 17, the Racine SWAT team responded to the address after a report of shots fired. The SWAT team recovered a handgun; teenagers were at the house during that incident, as well, Polzin said.

One adult who was home during Friday's shooting was not charged, Polzin said. Police investigators are continuing to search for the adults responsible for the home and the gun.

"We certainly have some concerns about that location," Polzin said.

City Editor Dustin Block contributed to this report.