Multiple residents reported hearing gunshots in the area of 900 Griffin Drive, off Washington Street West, this afternoon, according to Metro 911.
Both the Charleston Police Department and the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department responded to the reports about 5:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported, and the description of the shooting suspect was unclear, a Metro 911 dispatcher said.
"We have no ambulances reporting, no confirmed patients," the dispatcher said.
Police set up a perimeter in an effort to find a suspect but called that off about 6:15 p.m.