Man Shot In East Harlem Thursday Morning, Police Say

HARLEM, NY — A 31-year-old man was shot in East Harlem on Thursday morning, New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the police, at 11:18 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call at the corner of 116th Street and Lexington Avenue and found a 31-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his leg.

Medics rushed the victim to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where the victim is likely to survive, police said.

According to the police, the suspect they're looking for is a man in a grey sweatshirt and a black face mask who ran away, heading uptown on Lexington Avenue.

No arrests have been made yet and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

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