LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are searching for a person accused of shooting a man in the chest in a Lynn neighborhood Thursday, according to Lynn police.
Officers responded to a reported shooting in the area of Chatham Street and Oakwood Avenue near Hood Elementary School around 6:30 p.m. They said they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to Lynn police.
Police said the victim then drove a couple of blocks away to Clinton Street. They said he was the only person in the car.
The victim was taken to a Boston hospital and is expected to be okay.
Residents said they are unsettled by the shooting.
“We’ve been living here since 2019 and never see this before. So it’s scary,” said one neighbor.
The incident remains under investigation.
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