Crime

Wounded teen walks to grandmother’s house with a gunshot to the leg

Bibb County sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a 16-year-old boy showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound early Wednesday.
Bibb County sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a 16-year-old boy showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound early Wednesday. lfabian@macon.com

A 16-year-old Macon teen was shot in the leg by an unknown gunman early Wednesday.

The young man showed up at his grandmother’s house on Sherrill Drive after reportedly being shot while walking near Spencer Circle, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

The grandmother drove him to Coliseum Northside Hospital where Bibb sheriff’s deputies were called just after 3 a.m. Wednesday.

The teen told investigators he had just left a friend’s house at about 1:45 a.m. when he saw a silver car drive up and heard gunshots in the neighborhood west of Pio Nono Avenue and between Rocky Creek and Williamson roads.

The teen started running and was shot once in the right leg, the release stated.

He was in stable condition early Wednesday.

“He’s doing fine,” his grandmother told The Telegraph.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call an investigator at 478-751-7500 or phone anonymous tips to Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

Liz Fabian: 478-744-4303, @liz_lines

This story was originally published August 23, 2017 at 9:03 AM with the headline "Wounded teen walks to grandmother’s house with a gunshot to the leg."

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