BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sherrif's Office says a person was shot and went to the hospital on their own Wednesday night. 

The shooting was near the 1000 block of Millerville Road and Old Hammond Highway around 9 p.m. 

Emergency responders say the victim left the scene prior to their arrival. 

There is no word on the severity of the injuries at this time. 

This is a developing story. We will update it with more information as it becomes available.