A teenage boy has been arrested after another teenage boy was shot while sitting in a parked car in south Ottawa early Wednesday morning, according to police.

It happened at about 1 a.m. at Ledbury Park and Pavilion off Ledbury Avenue.

Paramedics managed to stabilize the victim at the scene and take him to hospital. His injuries were not considered life-threatening.

The Ottawa police guns and gangs unit is investigating.

The boy who was arrested cannot be named because he is a youth.