UPDATE: Palo Alto Police Investigating Stanford Shopping Center Shooting

PALO ALTO (CBS SF) -- A man suffered gunshot wounds Thursday evening after shots rang out in the parking lot of the bustling Stanford Shopping Center, authorities said.

According to Palo Alto police, their 24-hour dispatch center received a call at about 9:49 p.m. from the victim's girlfriend stating that he had recently been shot in the parking lot.

She told police that she had driven her boyfriend to a local hospital where he was being treated for foot and hand wounds. Officers responded to the scene and then met with the victim, who was being uncooperative. They located an expended casing from a .40 caliber handgun at the scene and will be processing it for evidence.

The investigation revealed that the victim, a male in his twenties, and his girlfriend had just returned to their parked vehicle on the east side of the shopping center.

As the victim was getting into the car, an unknown suspect approached him and fired two shots. One struck the victim in his hand and the other struck the victim in his foot. The suspect then fled the scene.

Police located a witness at the scene who reported that they saw the suspect run up to the victim after getting out of the back seat of a white BMW. After shooting at the victim twice, the suspect ran back to the white BMW and got into the back seat. The vehicle then drove away eastbound through the parking lot.

The witness could only describe the suspect as a male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, about 5 feet 6 inches tall with a slim build. The witness did not provide a description of the driver of the vehicle and could not further describe the BMW.

Police have reviewed preliminary surveillance video from the scene and have not located footage of the incident.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call our 24-hour dispatch center at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to (650) 383-8984.