A  man was shot in the chest on Charleston's East End Monday night.

According to Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers, a woman called in shortly after 7:30 p.m. and said that her husband had been shot in the chest in the 900 block of Chilton Street.

The victim, whose identity and age have not yet been released, told medics he did not know who shot him, according to the dispatcher.

Charleston police were setting up a perimeter in the area while trying to locate the shooter around 7:45 p.m.

Dispatchers were unclear how seriously injured the victim was injured. He was transported to Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital.