STONECREST, Ga. — A 59-year-old man was shot in the shoulder at a DeKalb County townhome Thursday night, police said.
Officers responded to the 3200 block of Spicy Cedar Lane, the location of the Terraces of Stonecrest townhome complex, to a call of a person shot. When they showed up, they found the man inside the home suffering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
Police said EMS rushed him to a nearby hospital, but he is suffering from non-life threatening injuries.
DeKalb Police originally told 11Alive the suspect was shot in the neck and was in the hospital with "life-threatening injuries," but have since made the incident more clear.
It is not yet known what led up to the shooting or if police have a suspect in custody.
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