Authorities are investigating after a person was shot in Milton near the Neponset River early Saturday morning, and a second possible victim was found about a mile away in Boston, according to officials.
The Milton Police Department said officers found a 21-year-old man from Boston suffering a gunshot wound when they were called to the Wharf Street parking area near the river at 3:51 a.m. The man was taken to a Boston hospital with injuries that police said are life-threatening, Milton police said in a statement.
A short time later, at 4:06 a.m., Boston police were called to 859 Adams St. in Boston, about a mile from the shooting scene, and found a 23-year-old man from Boston with injuries, police said.
He was taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police said. Milton police said the man was also believed to have been at the Wharf Street shooting.
No further information was immediately released Sunday.
The shooting is under investigation and police asked anyone with information to call Milton Detective Valter Pires at 617-898-4837 or the anonymous tip-line at 617-698-2677.
Nick Stoico can be reached at nick.stoico@globe.com.