LYNN — It was a rough night on Green Street. A 39-year-old Topsfield man was shot after an altercation with two men early Sunday morning, and a two-alarm fire left the residents of a nearby 27-unit apartment building homeless six hours earlier.
Police responded to the shooting at 2:41 a.m. in the area of 124 Green St.
The man was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Lynn Police Lt. Michael Kmiec said.
Kmiec said the man told police he was sitting in a car when he was approached by two men. There was reportedly some type of altercation and one of the men fired two rounds at the victim — he was struck once in the upper left side of his body.
The incident is under investigation.
Lynn firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at 77 Green St., a large 27-apartment building at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Lynn District Fire Chief Stephen Archer said.
Archer said the call initially came in as a routine alarm activation, but when crews arrived, they found heavy smoke in the basement. The fire, which appeared to have started in there, was inside the walls and went up into a first floor apartment.
There were no injuries, but there was heavy smoke and water damage throughout the basement and first floor, and some fire damage in a first floor apartment, Archer said.
Archer said the building was declared uninhabitable by the city’s Inspectional Services Department — there has to be some work done on the building before residents can return. A figure for how many residents lived there and were displaced was not available, but Red Cross responded and placed 11 families.
A sprinkler system activated, which aided firefighters in holding the fire in check, Archer said.
The blaze is under investigation by the state fire marshal’s office.
