A teenage Columbus girl was treated and released from Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle on Sunday after being shot in the back.
Police responded to a call about shots fired near Suds & Duds on Main Street at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday, according to Fred Shelton, interim chief of police with the Columbus Police Department. When officers arrived at the scene they found no suspects.
About 2:40 a.m. Sunday, CPD received a call from the hospital about a teen girl there who had been shot.
Officers talked to the victim who reported that she and another female had been in a vehicle with a man at Suds & Duds earlier in the day, when the man got into an altercation with another man, Shelton said. As the vehicle with the girls and man started to pull away from the business, the other man pulled out a gun and fired four shots, two of which hit the car. One of the bullets hit the victim in the upper back.
Officers recovered four shell casings at the scene.
The victim’s injury was not life-threatening. She was later released from the hospital. Authorities declined to identify her, but CPD’s Twitter account stated she was 16 years old.
Police have suspects but have not made any arrests at this time, according to Shelton.
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