BOSTON (WHDH) - An investigation is underway after a man was shot in the leg in South Boston Saturday night, police say.

Officers responding to reports of a person shot in the area of Mercer Street around 11p.m. found a man who had been shot in the leg.

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

No other information was immediately available.

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