Man wounded in weekend shooting at Reading social club

A man was shot in a leg after a fight broke out inside Riverside Beneficial Social Club over the weekend, Reading police said.

Police were called about 2:30 a.m. Sunday to the club at 1742 Pear St. for a reported shooting.

Officers located the shooting victim nearby in the 100 block of Bern Street.

The 37-year-old man was taken by Reading Fire Department medics to Reading Hospital for treatment of a single gunshot wound to his leg, police said.