LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- One person has been taken to the hospital after a shooting at 5th Street and Madison Street in Downtown Lynchburg.
The Lynchburg Police Department responded to the scene around 10:30 a.m. for reports of shots fired near Daughters and Sons Pizza Thursday, July 9.
Officers were also seen taking a man with an arm wound away in handcuffs. He was placed into an ambulance at the scene.
Police said the victim has a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
The Lynchburg Department of Emergency Services said the 500 block of 5th Street is shut down for now and ask everyone to avoid the area.
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