WORCESTER – A day after reporting a shooting incident on Elizabeth Street, authorities said the victim shot himself.

Tajawn Boutwell-Campbell, 26, of Worcester, allegedly told police that he was at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Reservoir Street when a man approached him and shot him in his leg. Boutwell-Campbell told police the purported shooter said something about a girl they knew before he fled on foot to Eastern Avenue, according to arresting documents in court.

Boutwell-Campbell said he recognized the shooter as a gang member.

But Boutwell-Campbell later changed his story by describing the shooter as an unknown suspect who jumped into a vehicle and fled.

Police said they found Boutwell-Campbell in the area of Elizabeth Street suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. He was taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus, for wounds to his calf and shin.

Police said Boutwell-Campbell had been driving a BMW that was in the parking lot of 31 Elizabeth St., a condominium complex.

Police reviewed surveillance footage from the building. Boutwell-Campbell was observed on his cell phone when he reached into the back seat for an object that he puts in the driver seat area.

Boutwell-Campbell quickly exited his car and started hopping on his right foot, still with the cell phone to his ear. He used the door to brace himself, got off the phone and reached back into his car. He is later observed hopping toward the back of the car. He opened and closed the trunk and hopped away from the car with his cellphone to his ear.

He is then observed walking toward the building's staircase. Police said he stopped at the top of the stairs and dialed a number.

A responding officer locates him a short time later.

Officers obtained a search warrant for Boutwell-Campbell’s car and located a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun and ballistic evidence.

A pool of blood began inside the car and continued to the outside, to the trunk of the BMW, police said

Boutwell-Campbell was charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, improperly storing a firearm, receiving stolen property valued at more than $1,200, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and misleading a police investigation.