A man was shot in an alley behind a Berwyn grocery store at about 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19 in the 6400 block of 16th Street.

Officers arrived to the report of shots fired. As they began their investigation, Berwyn dispatch told officers there may be a victim from the incident at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said.

Officers went to the hospital and discovered a victim was brought to the hospital by three friends.

The friends told police they had received a call from the victim, where he said he had been shot and needed to be taken to the hospital, police said.

The three men drove to the alley on 16th Street and found the man shot and laying on the ground injured, police said.

The victim told police he saw a man pull a gun from his waist and fire six to seven shots, with one of the shots hitting the victim in the leg, according to police. He told police he would not be able to identify the gunman, and police have no one in custody for the incident.