(KAIR)--One person is hospitalized following an early Sunday morning shooting in the city of Atchison.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told MSC News early Sunday afternoon police are continuing to investigate as they search for the man suspected of pulling the trigger.

Wilson said it happened shortly before 3:00 Sunday morning, in the 1100 block of North 8th Street where a group of around 20 had been gathered in a vacant lot.

Wilson said the victim suffered two gun shot wounds and was transported to a Saint Joseph, Missouri hospital for treatment. He is identified only as a 42-year-old man.

The name of the suspect is not immediately made public.