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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man who had been shot was found near a Whitehaven elementary school on Monday morning, according to the Memphis Police Department.

Police say the victim was found in the area of 4100 Millbranch Road at around 5 a.m. The victim allegedly flagged a police officer down in front of the elementary school entrance saying he had been shot in the neck.

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Reports say the victim believed he had been set up by a woman he was meeting in the area of Airways Boulevard and Ash Street. He said he was talking to the woman when she got on the phone and began arguing with another man.

A man in a small, red sedan then drove up beside the victim at East Raines Road and Ambrose Road and started shooting at him. The victim fled the area to get help after he was shot in the neck.

He was taken to Regional One in critical condition.

This is the second shooting so far this year at the location where the victim was located. 

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