ST. LOUIS — A 70-year-old man was injured after exchanging gunfire with a suspect who knocked on his door looking for someone else, police said.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened Monday at about 8:42 p.m. on 4600 S. Broadway in south city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Police responded and found the man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
He told police that a man knocked on his door and asked for a person the victim didn't know. He told the man that the person he was looking for wasn't there, and then the suspect became angry and started shooting at him.
He grabbed his own gun and returned fire, and the suspect ran away. The 70-year-old was taken to the hospital, where his vitals were listed as stable.
Police previously reported that a 25-year-old was also shot in the face and torso in this incident.
No other information on the victims or the circumstances of the shooting was immediately available.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as information becomes available.
