Police searching for suspect after teen shot inside apartment building in Inwood

INWOOD, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police are searching for the gunman behind a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy injured in Inwood early Saturday.

It happened inside a stairwell leading to the roof of an apartment building on Sherman Avenue just before 2:30 a.m.

The teen was shot multiple times in the face, chest and shoulder.

He was taken to Harlem Hospital for treatment.

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