MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man was shot after stopping to help a stranded driver near Millington, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) said.

Deputies responded around 5:15 Sunday morning to the 4700 block of Pleasant Ridge Road. SCSO said they found a man with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Shelby County Fire treated him at the scene.

The initial investigation showed the man stopped to help a stranded driver near Fite Road and Raleigh Millington, who tried to rob him and shot him in the leg, deputies said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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