Ocean Springs police: Man shot while rattling door handle, kicking door

A man was shot while rattling the door handle and kicking the door of an Ocean Springs home, police said.

Few details about the incident are available, but Ocean Springs police say officers responded to the home Saturday after a report of a shooting. They learned the man who had been shot may have been trying to break into the home, authorities said.

Police officials would not say where the shooting occurred.

The wounded man was taken to an Ocean Springs hospital, then transferred to Mobile. Information about his condition was not immediately available.

No charges have been filed as of Saturday but the case remains under investigation.

This story was originally published April 29, 2017 at 9:39 AM with the headline "Ocean Springs police: Man shot while rattling door handle, kicking door."