SHREVEPORT (AP) — Shreveport police continue to search for a suspect in a shooting outside a store.

It happened Tuesday afternoon. Police said they believe the victim was walking out of a store on Shreveport's Pierre Avenue when another man tried to rob him. The suspect fired several shots before running away.

The victim, 59-year-old Eddie George, was hospitalized with wounds to the lower body that police said were serious but not life-threatening.

Police are trying to identify a suspect in the case.

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