PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- A man was hospitalized after being shot in the leg Wednesday night, Peoria police said.

The shooting took place on Peoria's East Bluff in the 1200 block of East Virginia Avenue, said Peoria police spokeswoman Semone Roth

Officers were called to the area at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday after an alert from the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system indicated 12 rounds had been fired. While on their way, officers were told that a 22-year-old man was found about a half-mile away, outside a house in the 2200 block of North Prospect Road, Roth said.

The man had an apparent gunshot wound to his leg, Roth said. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, she added.

As of Thursday afternoon, no arrests had been publicly announced and there was no

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