An argument between two teens on the side of a Hueytown road sent one of them to the hospital with a gunshot wound.

The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. Monday on 15th Street Road.

Police Chief Mike Yarbrough said the two males got into an argument. One of them shot the other and fled the scene.

The victim was taken to UAB Hospital by ambulance. The severity of his injury was not immediately known, but he was alert when he left the scene.

Yarbrough said investigators believe they know the identity of the suspect.

The teens, the chief said, know each other. “This was not a random thing,” he said.

The road has been shut down since the shooting but is expected to reopen soon.

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