UPDATE:

A shooting on Otis St. was reported to have taken place at approximately 8:00 p.m. Monday evening.

A 25-year-old man was reportedly shot in the arm and taken by ambulance to Mass General hospital. The wound is said to not be life-threatening.

Witnesses have reported that four or five shots were heard, but it was not known if the victim was the intended target.

The Somerville Police Department has issued the following statement about the incident:

“On Monday, October 27, 2014, at 7:50 p.m., the Somerville Police Department received 911 calls reporting gunshots heard in the vicinity of Otis St. and Cross St. Responding Officers were met by a 25-year-old male victim who appeared to have sustained a gunshot wound to his left arm. The victim’s injury appeared to be non-life threatening and he was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital via Cataldo Ambulance. Police searched the area to no avail for two male Hispanic suspects in their late 20s that fled the scene in an unknown direction. This incident is under investigation by the Somerville Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Ballistics Division. If anyone has any information regarding this incident, please contact Detective Jonathon Thermidor of the Somerville Police Criminal Investigation Division at 617-625-1600, extension 7231.”