Morgan City police investigate shooting, armed robbery

Morgan City police are investigating an early-morning shooting and armed robbery.

About 5 a.m. Sunday, the Police Department said in a Facebook post, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery in the the area of Egle Street

Officers arrived and located a male victim who had been shot. The victim was transported to an out-of-area hospital for medical treatment.

Detectives with the Morgan City Police Department responded and are conducting the investigation. Anyone with information in regard to this investigation is asked to contact the Morgan City Police Department Detectives Division at 985-380-4605.

There is no further information to release at this time, the department said.