Crime & Safety

Police Investigate Shooting Incident

A man was found on Bens Drive on Saturday morning and transported to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, according to police. The investigation is ongoing.

A 21-year-old Annapolis man was transported to Anne Arundel Medical Center early Saturday after city police said he was shot in the leg.

Police said the incident occurred around 5 a.m. Saturday and the man was found in the unit block of Bens Drive.

The man was shot in the front left side of the thigh, according to the police report, and an officer responding to the scene reported seeing an exit wound in the back of his thigh. According to the police reports, one officer reported hearing a gun shot in the area of Bay Ridge Avenue near Bens Drive.

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The man told police he didn’t see who shot him, according to the police report. There are no suspects at this time and there is still an ongoing investigation into the shooting, according to Detective Amy Miguez, a spokeswoman for the Annapolis Police Department.

“The location of his body where he was shot can be an indication of an accidental discharge of a weapon being carried in the waistband,” Miguez said.

All possibilities are being considered at this time, she said.

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