(Update 4:30 p.m.) – Police are investigating after a St. Joseph man was shot Wednesday night in the 2200 block of Monterey Drive.

According to Sgt. Wayne Byrom with the St. Joseph Police Department, officers responded to the Mosaic Life Care Emergency Room around 12:15 Thursday morning to talk to a 19-year-old victim who had been shot once in the left thigh. The man was involved in a disturbance around 11 p.m. between him and a group of individuals when they physically assaulted him and stole from him. As the man was leaving the area, he was shot at by an unknown individual.

Police have one person in custody in reference to the assault.  Capt. Jeff Wilson said police are submitting a case to the prosecutor’s office for consideration of charges in reference to the assault investigation.  The shooting investigation is still ongoing.

The man who was shot was treated for minor injuries and has since been released.