32-year-old man, found with gunshot wound at Shell station in Northampton, tells police he had just been shot in Holyoke

Holyoke police are probing the shooting, reported shortly after 5 a.m.

03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen – A Northampton Police Department cruiser.

NORTHAMPTON - A 32-year-old Florence man, found with a gunshot wound to his leg Tuesday morning at the Shell station on Pleasant Street, told police that he had just been shot in Holyoke.

Capt. Scott A. Savino said the victim drove himself to the Shell, at 506 Pleasant St., and walked inside shortly after 5 a.m. to summon help. Responding police found the victim standing inside near the counter.
They observed a small entry wound in the man’s lower thigh, Savino said.

The victim, who was able to provide police with a description of his shooter, was taken by ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Holyoke police, who continue to probe the shooting, had the victim’s vehicle towed to their city.

Additional information was not immediately available.