ST. LOUIS — A man was injured after he got caught in the crossfire during a shooting in north St. Louis Tuesday evening.
Officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded to Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Arlington Avenue around 7:15 p.m.
A 61-year-old man and a 55-year-old man told police they were driving westbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive when a man who was on foot fired shots at the vehicle in front of theirs. The suspect then ran away.
The 61-year-old man was shot in the cheek. Police said he was conscious and breathing when he was taken to a hospital. The other man in the car wasn't injured.
An investigation is ongoing.
