COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy is expected to be OK after the Columbus Division of Police said he was shot while traveling in a stolen vehicle in the Mount Vernon neighborhood on Monday.
Police said officers were responding to the 800 block of Caldwell Place for a ShotSpotter report.
While officers were on their way to the scene, there was another call for a crash with injuries near the intersection of Mount Vernon and Cleveland avenues with the victim saying they had been shot.
Police said officers went to the crash scene and found the teenage boy with a gunshot wound to his left shoulder blade. He was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital to be treated.
Officers detained a person who was near the crash scene. They told police the two were driving a stolen vehicle in the area of Trevitt Street where the teen was shot.
The detained person said they were driving the teen to Grant Medical Center when they crashed into a parked vehicle on Cleveland Avenue.
Police did not say if the detained person was arrested or let go.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Columbus Police Felony Assault Unit at 614-645-4141 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
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