Man taken to hospital for gunshot wound

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Someone thought it was fireworks but Columbus police believed it was a  shooting.

A man with a gunshot wound was taken to the hospital by a passerby on Sunday night.

He was picked up in the 1500 block of 23rd Street North, which was only a block away from a call about fireworks being fired.

Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton said the gunshot victim was treated for a non-life-threatening injury.

The victim was not cooperating with the investigation and there is no suspect information available.