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A man was taken to a hospital after being shot in the shoulder by another man on Tucson's south side Thursday night.

Tucson police received reports of the shooting at 9:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of South New Street, near 24th Street and Park Avenue.

Officials say the man sustained non-life threatening injuries to his shoulder and was taken to a hospital.

Officers are searching for the shooter. It does not appear the shooting was a random act, said Officer Frank Magos, a police spokesman.Β 

No further information has been released.


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