SPD investigating shooting near Savannah High, one victim with non-life threatening injury

Zach Dennis, Savannah Morning News
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Red and yellow crime scene tape surrounds the area along Elgin Street near Savannah Gardens, where a Savannah High student was shot on Wednesday March 1, 2023 after leaving the school campus.
Red and yellow crime scene tape surrounds the area along Elgin Street near Savannah Gardens, where a Savannah High student was shot on Wednesday March 1, 2023 after leaving the school campus.

The Savannah Police Department is investigating a shooting at the 500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Savannah Gardens near Savannah High School. One male victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and another person has been detained.

The victim, 15, was shot in the calf around 2:40 p.m., sustaining a non-life-threatening injury, said Stacy Jennings, a spokesperson for Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. The student was alert and conscious when EMS arrived and transported him to Memorial University Medical Center.

The shooting did not take place on the grounds of Savannah High, which had let out only 10 minutes before. The student had been walking on Elgin Street when the shooting occurred. Officials do not believe the incident involved an altercation and is believed to be random, Jennings said.

Students walk past as police investigate after a Savannah High student was shoot on Wednesday March 1, 2023 after leaving school.
Students walk past as police investigate after a Savannah High student was shoot on Wednesday March 1, 2023 after leaving school.
Crime scene investigators take photos at an apartment building in Savannah Gardens following the shooting of a Savannah High student on Wednesday March 1, 2023
Crime scene investigators take photos at an apartment building in Savannah Gardens following the shooting of a Savannah High student on Wednesday March 1, 2023

The suspect is not a student at Savannah High or any SCCPSS schools.

This is a developing story.

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: One person injured, another detained in shooting near Savannah High