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Teen Injured In Shooting Blocks Away From Queens High School

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A shooting just blocks from a Queens high school Tuesday afternoon sent one teenager to the hospital.

Investigators say the teenager walked into Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village with a gunshot to the leg.

According to police, the 16-year-old is a student at the school. He said there was a fight with other students a few blocks away on Hillside Avenue and that he was shot.

The teen is expected to recover from the wound.

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