Baltimore City Police are investigating a shooting in west Baltimore on Thursday night.

At about 7:31 p.m., officers were in the area of Division and Laurens Streets when they heard discharging.

As officers canvassed the area, they found evidence of discharging in the 600 block of Laurens Street and man in the 1800 block of Division Street who was suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg.

The victim was taken to an area hospital with a non-life threatening injury.

Central District shooting detectives are investigating this incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (410) 396-2411 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup.

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