A man was hospitalized early Tuesday morning after being shot near a Mesa elementary school. Officers responded to a possible shooting call at about 3:15 a.m. near Alta Vista and McClellan roads with two additional calls about a man shot coming in, police said. The second call came from a security guard who heard a shot and found a man with a single wound, while a third call came in from a caller reporting she was with the wounded man before her phone died, police said.
Officers found a man with a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening, police said. The victim was unable to provide much information on the shooting before he was taken to a hospital, police added. He was expected to survive, police said.
The shooting took place across the street from Ramon S. Mendoza Elementary School, located at 5831 E. McLellan Road, police confirmed. There was no information on the suspect, according to police.
The school was expected to operate normally on Tuesday, police said.