LOS ANGELES – A gunman robbed two people early this morning, first taking credit cards and a driver’s license from a taxi driver, then shooting a pedestrian in the back, police said.

Both crimes occurred at 65th Place and Normandie Avenue around midnight, said Sgt. Rick Rodgers of the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street Station.

First the suspect stole credit cards and a driver’s license from a driver from Uber, a taxi service in which drivers use their own cars, Rodgers said.

After the first victim drove away another man was robbed as he walked by the gunman.

“He was shot in the back,” the sergeant said.

The victim was transported to a hospital where his vital signs were stable, Rodgers said. The suspect fled the scene.

The victims and the suspect were men, he said.