BOSTON (WHDH) - A teenager was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday after a shooting in Dorchester, Boston police said. 

Police said they were called to the area of Bellevue Street near 3 p.m. 

When they arrived, police said, officers found the 16-year-old victim injured at the scene.

Police did not share any additional information Wednesday. 

Flying over the area, though, SKY7-HD spotted officers putting up crime tape and searching the scene while their investigation continued. 

Authorities left the area shortly before 5 p.m. but described their investigation as “active and ongoing.”

Family members of the teen who was shot were also on scene Wednesday afternoon before also leaving the area around 5 p.m.

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