1 shot in drive-by shooting in Dinkytown near University of Minnesota campus overnight

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - One person was shot in a drive-by shooting in Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota campus early Monday morning. 

The shooting occurred at midnight near 4th Street Southeast and 12th Avenue Southeast. Someone in a dark vehicle shot the victim and fled, according to the U of M Police Department. 

Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson John Elder said a man was walking in the area whenn they heard a sound and then realized they had been shot. 

The U of M Police Department said someone in a dark vehicle shot the victim and fled. 

Elder said the victim went to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. 

The victim was not a university of Minnesota student. 

The U sent a Safe-U emergency alert to students around 1:22 a.m. 

Minneapolis police are investigating the shooting.