BOSTON (WHDH) - One man was sent to the hospital Wednesday night after gunshots rang out in Jamaica Plain.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. behind apartment complexes on St. Rose Street; people inside the apartments at the time described hearing the gunfire and ducking for cover.

Boston police said the man shot sustained life-threatening injuries.

Crime scene crews spent hours investigating the area, with detectives placing evidence markers along a grass area near a playground.

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