By Shannon McFarlin WENK/WTPR News Director
Union City, Tenn.—Union City Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning at the Club Oasis parking lot.
A 19-year-old Union City man was shot in the leg and treated at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Police are still searching for a suspect in the shooting.
Union City Police were dispatched to Club Oasis at 202 Railroad St. at 1:10 a.m. Saturday and saw a large crowd dispersing. Management told officers they were sure what was happening but that they were told someone had been shot in the parking lot.
Dispatch then received a call from the hospital saying a shooting victim was being treated there.
The victim told police he was standing in the parking lot on the north side of Club Oasis when he heard a single shot. He said he then realized he was shot in the left leg. He told officers he was unsure who shot him but he was a younger black male whom he had never seen before.
According to the report, the gun shot entered on the outside of his left leg above the knee and exited on the outside of his left leg right below the knee.
One spent 9MM Lugar casing was found in the parking lot on the north side of the club.
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