MONROE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Monroe Police say they are looking for those involved in an overnight shooting that injured a man.

Around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, officers were called to reports of a shooting at an apartment building on Nottingham Lane. They arrived to find a 19-year-old man shot in the back. The victim was rushed to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte and is expected to survive.

Officials say, as a precaution and "due to the chaotic nature of the scene", MPD's Special Response Team cleared two apartments initially suspected to be involved.

At this time, investigators believe a group of teenagers was talking in a breezeway of the complex when someone fired a shot from near the pool house, hitting the victim.

This is still an active investiga

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