A man was hospitalized after he was found shot in the West Little River section of Miami-Dade County on Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies received reports of shots fired shortly before 2:30 p.m. in the area of Northwest 90th Street and 27th Avenue, according to the sheriff’s office.

They found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound, said Detective Joseph Peguero Rivera, a sheriff’s office spokesman.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedics took him to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. His condition was not immediately available.

Deputies are looking for the shooter, who ran away, Peguero Rivera said.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.