Man shot by men asking for ride in Vinson Village 

A 26-year-old man drove himself to the local hospital after being shot in Vinson Village Monday evening.

According to a Dublin Police Department report, officers were advised of an alert on Flock of multiple gunshots in the area of Vinson Village around 6:49 p.m. on May 18.

At 6:58 p.m., an officer was dispatched to Fairview Park Hospital in reference to a gunshot wound victim who was in route in a purple Nissan Maxima. The officer arrived four minutes later and talked with the victim. He said he left his house to get something to eat and decided to drive through the Vinson Village area.

The man did not know the area well, but told the officer that he was on West Mary Street and made a right onto  Dewey Street, which ends in a cul-de-sac.

The man went to the dead end to turn around and that is when two to three men flagged him down. The man stopped to see what the men wanted. The man said the men wanted a ride to the store. He told them, “no,” and that was when they began to pull on his driver’s side door handle.

The man put his vehicle in drive and proceeded to drive away at a high rate of speed. This is when the men began shooting at his vehicle. After driving away, the man said he realized he had been shot in the left arm and left leg and decided to drive himself to the hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Dublin Police Department at (478) 277-5023 and ask for Det. Amelia Contreras.