AMES, Iowa — A 19-year-old was injured in a shooting in Ames overnight.

At around 1:15 a.m. Thursday a 19-year-old reported that he had been shot in the abdomen near 24th Street and Inis Grove Park. According to police, the victim was transported to a hospital by private vehicle and is in stable condition.

Police said while at the hospital the victim said he had been robbed and then shot by two men in the 2500 block of Jensen Avenue. He told officers that the two men fled in a dark four-door car.

Ames police said the shooting was targeted and that there’s no ongoing danger to the public.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Ames Police Department at (515)239-5133 or anonymously at (515)239-5533. Tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa at (515)223-1400 or online.

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