A 14-year-old boy was wounded Monday afternoon after he was shot in west Birmingham during an argument, police said.

Birmingham police officers from the department’s West Precinct were dispatched to 2nd Court West at 12th Street West around 5:45 p.m. Monday on a call of a person shot, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Officers found a 14-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound at the scene.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service personnel on the scene transported the victim to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting appeared to have stemmed from a verbal argument, Fitzgerald said.

No suspects were in custody as of 9:30 p.m. Monday.