A Mt. Vernon man sustained a gunshot wound to the lower back near the intersection of 20th Street and Conger Avenue Tuesday evening.
According to a Mt. Vernon Police Department report, Tevin R. Edwards, 19, of the 800 block of South 20th Street, was admitted to St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital at 9:46 p.m. Monday. The hospital phoned police when medical personnel discovered Edwards sustained a gunshot wound.
MVPD Chief Chris Mendenall said Edwards told police at the hospital that he was walking westbound on Conger past his residence Tuesday night when he felt a stinging pain in his lower back.
Edwards said he was unable to identify a shooter and he immediately returned to a friend’s residence on 17th Street to get a ride to the hospital.
Mendenall said the incident is under investigation. Rmfif
