75-year-old man charged after man shot near downtown Raleigh

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Raleigh police are have charged a 75-year-old man after another man was shot Friday night.

It happened about 7:20 p.m. in the 200 block of S. Pettigrew Street. Officers arrived and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

He was taken to a hospital with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries.

Leroy Mitchiner, 75, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon inflicting serious injury.