1 person hospitalized after shooting in Pittsburgh

One person was taken to a hospital after a shooting in Pittsburgh.

Allegheny County dispatchers say police and medics were dispatched to the 5400 block of Penn Avenue at around 7:33 p.m.

Police say they found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg. They applied a tourniquet and took him to the hospital in critical condition.

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