Downtown Durham shooting leaves juvenile injured

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Police are investigating after a person was shot on Tuesday evening in downtown Durham.

It happened about 8:40 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Peabody Street, near Brightleaf Square. Officers arrived to find a boy with a gunshot wound. The age of the juvenile was not immediately released.

Emergency Medical Services took the juvenile to a hospital with what were described as serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The incident remains under active investigation.

No other information was immediately released.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at (919) 683-1200 or online. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers never have to identify themselves.

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