BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Battle Creek Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Cliff Street and Nelson Street shortly after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. Upon their arrival, officers located a 23-year-old Battle Creek man with a gunshot wound to his left thigh. The victim reported that he was walking down Cliff Street when a red Chevrolet pulled up, and the driver shot him before fleeing south on Nelson Street.
The Battle Creek Fire Department’s Engine 3 provided on-site care before LifeCare ambulance transported the victim to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he was downgraded to stable condition.
The BCPD is still investigating the case, but they believe it was an isolated incident and that the community is not in danger.
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