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Akron police are investigating a shooting late Wednesday in Highland Square.

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AKRON, Ohio -- An Akron man is hospitalized after being shot in the thigh by four men in Highland Square.

The 31-year-old man was shot about 10 p.m. Wednesday on South Rhodes Avenue just off West Market Street.

The man told police he knocked on a friend's door. Four men wearing all black approached him from behind. One put a gun to his head and threatened him. The man shoved the gunman, police said.

The man then shot him in the leg.

Akron police found him in the lobby of his apartment building. He was bleeding from the left upper thigh. An ambulance took him to Akron City Hospital to be treated.

No arrests have been made.