UPDATE: In Rice Street shooting victim was shot by his passenger, police say

A Thursday afternoon shooting in St. Paul’s North End left a man injured, police said.

Officers were called about 1 p.m. to Rice Street, south of Hoyt Avenue, on a report of a three vehicle collision with one of the drivers reporting he had been shot, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman. He didn’t have immediate information about whether the crash happened as a result of the shooting or before.

Paramedics took the man, who was shot in the hip area, to Regions Hospital with injuries that were reported to be non-life threatening, Ernster said. No one else was injured.

Police were told the shooter had run south and they were looking for him Thursday afternoon.