BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place Thursday around midnight that left a man injured.

According to BRPD, the shooting happened in the 600 block of Polk Street around 12: 30 a.m. on Thursday.

BRPD says that the victim a 37-year-old man and was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries.

According to sources, the man was shot in the face.