BATON ROUGE - Sources say a 16-year-old girl was shot during an incident that occurred early Wednesday morning.

WBRZ reached out to Baton Rouge Police who confirmed that around 1:30 a.m., police were dispatched to a reported shooting within the 2500 block Jefferson Avenue, which is located between North Acadian Thruway and North Foster Drive.

Police said the victim, a female, sustained a gunshot wound that did not appear to be life threatening.

An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.