Teen tells police someone in a vehicle shot him in NW Atlanta, APD says

ATLANTA - Atlanta police said a teen was shot early Sunday morning in Northwest Atlanta.

Police said officers went to Hughes Spaulding Hospital at around 2 a.m. on Sunday to investigate a report of a 16-year-old boy who had shown up in a private vehicle with a gunshot wound to his leg. 

The teen allegedly told officers he was walking on Middleton Road when a vehicle approached him and an occupant fired shots at him. 

Police said there is no suspect description or motive at this point in the investigation, but it is ongoing.

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