PHOENIX — A shooting in the Phoenix area has left a juvenile injured, the city's police department said.

Officers responded to a shooting call around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday near 12th Street and Bell Road.

As officers arrived on scene, they found the male juvenile with a gunshot wound, police said. Emergency crews arrived and took him to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The identity of the victim was not released. Police are investigating the incident and what led up to the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to call SILENT WITNESS at 480(WITNESS) or 480(TESTIGO).

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