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Shooting Victim Found Near Hyde Park Prep School; Gunman Sought

The victim was reportedly found near the entrance of the Boston Preparatory Charter Public School parking lot

Boston police are reportedly searching for a gunman who left a man injured just steps away from a prep school in Hyde Park.

The shooting was reported shortly before 9 p.m. near 885 River St. Responding officers found the man suffering from at least one gunshot wound near the entrance of the Boston Preparatory Charter Public School parking lot.

The victim was taken to an area hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Just under a dozen officers were seen investigating the scene on Wood Avenue. 

Details on what led up to the shooting were not clear. A detailed description of the gunman was not immediately available.

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