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Person shot in Wellington Heights on Friday afternoon in Cedar Rapids
Oct. 18, 2019 5:17 pm, Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 10:25 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - One person was shot Friday afternoon in the Wellington Heights neighborhood.
Cedar Rapids public safety spokesman Greg Buelow said Cedar Rapids police responded at 3:40 p.m. to the 800 block of 15th Street SE.
'Preliminary information is several rounds were fired from a suspect in a vehicle,” Buelow said.
When they arrived, officers found a male with a gunshot wound to the leg. Buelow later identified the victim as a 24-year-old male with non-life-threatening injuries.
As of 4 p.m., police were still on scene investigating, Buelow said.
Police said no suspects are in custody.
Emergency personnel wheel a stretcher carrying an injured person as Cedar Rapids Police investigate a shooting in the 800 block of 15th Street SE in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Police investigate a shooting in the 800 block of 15th Street SE in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Police gather evidence while investigating a shooting in the 800 block of 15th Street SE in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Police investigate a shooting in the 800 block of 15th Street SE in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Police gather evidence while investigating a shooting in the 800 block of 15th Street SE in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids police respond to a shooting on 15th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin, The Gazette)
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