Meadowbrook Drive resident injured after someone shot into his home

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A 24-year-old male claims a bullet grazed his right thigh as he was relaxing at home.

At about 20 minutes after midnight 911 received a call of someone in an occupied dwelling being shot by an unknown person who shot into their home. The victim, a 24-year-old male, claimed he was grazed in the upper right outside thigh by the bullet. He was treated and released at the scene by paramedics.

Police on the scene of an alleged shooting. Photo by David Day

Numerous units with the Vicksburg Police Department responded to the residence when the call came out. A neighbor stated she heard a single shot that was close to her window.

Vicksburg police are still on the scene gathering information about the event.

The Vicksburg Daily News will update this story as more information is made available to us.