Teen taken to hospital after shooting near downtown Wilmington

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Police are investigating after a teen was shot near downtown Wilmington Monday morning.

Wilmington Police Department says the shooting happened around 11 a.m. near 1000 block of South 6th Street.

Wilmington Police Captain Thomas Tilmon said the victim was in the passenger seat of a car when he was shot in the arm.

The 18-year-old man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.