AKRON, Ohio - An Akron man crashed his car into a hedge after he was wounded in a shooting, police said.

The 19-year-old man suffered minor injuries when was shot in the leg Sunday near Cole Avenue at Hammel Street, police said in a news release.

Officers found an abandoned car just before 3 p.m. in a hedge by the road. The driver returned to the car minutes later, and he told the officers he crashed after someone shot at him, police said.

The car had five bullet holes in the driver's side, police said.

Akron Fire Department paramedics treated the man at the crash scene for a minor injury.

No arrests have been made but the shooting remains under investigation, police said.

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