Police in Baltimore County are investigating after an individual was brought to a local hospital with a gunshot wound on Wednesday night.

Detectives are currently investigating to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting, believed to have occurred in a field near Kings Mill Apartments and Townhomes in the 1400-block of Hadwick Drive in Essex.

The victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to a lower extremity.

Police were dispatched to the hospital at around 8:15 p.m.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact police by calling 410-307-2020.