A man was hospitalized Tuesday night after being shot in the Willmore neighborhood north of Downtown, police said.

Around 10:11 p.m. last night, Long Beach police were dispatched to the intersection of Eighth Street and Cedar Avenue regarding reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found the man with a gunshot wound to his lower body.

Long Beach Fire Department personnel transported the man to a local hospital. His injury wasn’t life-threatening, according to police.

No suspect information was available as they fled before the officers arrived, but the investigation is ongoing, police said.

After years of increases, shootings dropped in the first half of 2022