LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police are investigating after a man was critically injured in a shooting in the city's Jacobs neighborhood Tuesday night.

According to Aaron Ellis, a spokesperson for LMPD, officers were called to a reported shooting in the 1700 block of South Wheatmore Drive at Watterson Lake Park around 10 p.m. That's off Manslick Road, near Crums Lane.

Once on scene, officers found a man who had been shot. He was transported to University of Louisville Hospital with injuries police said are life-threatening.

Because of the severity of the man's wounds, Ellis said LMPD's Homicide Unit will handle the investigation. 

Anyone with information is asked to call LMPD's anonymous crime tip line at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted through the department's Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.

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