Police investigate Saturday night shooting

CEDAR RAPIDS - Police investigators spent Saturday evening combing through a one-block perimeter in southeast Cedar Rapids after saying one person was shot in the left side of the chest.

Cedar Rapids police say they responded to the shooting call at about 9:00 p.m. Saturday in the alley behind the 1300 block of 3rd Avenue SE.

Sgt. Dan Jabens said the shooting victim did not know the assailant and, after being hit, made his way into a nearby apartment building until responders found the victim. Jabens said the victim was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids for "emergency surgery." The victim's condition has not been made public.

Jabens said the description of the shooter is of a "shorter black male" who was wearing a blue hat that was pulled down at the time. He added the shooter may have gotten into a vehicle.

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