ST. MARYS — A man is recovering in the hospital after he was shot in the leg at a Circle K gas station Saturday.
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Police were called to the gas station on North Spruce Street around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound in his lower leg, St. Marys Police said in a media release.
Several people left the scene, but a 17-year-old male suspect was taken into custody. The suspect was taken to a juvenile detention facility in Troy and is being held on a felonious assault charge.
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The initial police investigation found that there were two groups involved in an ‘altercation’ before the gun was shown and a shot was fired.
Police believe that the man’s injury is non-life-threatening. The shooting victim is being treated at the Joint Township Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.
Police will continue to investigate the shooting.
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