Man Shot While Walking In Annapolis, Treated At Hospital: Police

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A man was shot and hospitalized Thursday in Annapolis, city police said. Officers announced the news Friday afternoon.

Authorities said they got a call around 4:25 p.m. Thursday from an undisclosed hospital nearby reporting that a man came in with a gunshot wound.

The victim told police that he was walking in the 700 block of Newtowne Drive when he heard a gunshot from an unknown direction and ran away, a press release said.

Officers said the man was shot in the lower left leg and a friend drove him to the hospital.

The victim told authorities he did not see who shot him, a press release said.

The Annapolis Police Department said the injured man was in stable condition and has since been treated and released from the hospital.

This map shows the area where officers said the shooting happened.