TAUNTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating after a 16-year-old boy was shot in Taunton early Saturday morning, officials said.
Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of Church Street around 5:45 a.m. learned that a 16-year-old had walked into Morton Hospital seeking medical treatment, according to Taunton Police Chief Edward Walsh.
The victim was then transferred to a regional trauma center for treatment of a gunshot wound that police say was serious but non-life-threatening.
No additional information was immediately available.
The incident remains under investigation by the Taunton Police Department Detective Division.
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