A 27-year-old man was shot in a St. Paul bar early Friday and police are looking for the man who did it.

The St. Paul man was wounded in the abdomen inside El Alamo Bar on Robert and Isabel streets about 12:30 a.m. Paramedics took the man, whose birthday was Thursday, to Regions Hospital, and he was listed in fair condition Friday afternoon.

“Police will be trying to determine whether the suspect and victim were known to each other, what the altercation was about and who the suspect is,” said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman, on Friday.

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Harry “Dutch” Erkenbrack, who owns El Alamo, said there was no warning before the shooting and nothing happened in the bar that precipitated it.

“There was no way I could have foreseen it unless I had ESP,” he said Friday.

In addition to St. Paul police, the city’s Department of Safety and Inspections is investigating.

Before Friday’s shooting, DSI had already recommended the city suspend El Alamo’s licenses for 10 days and fine the bar $2,000 after an administrative law judge concluded the bar violated license conditions in the summer and fall.

It’s the bar’s second violation in 12 months, but DSI is seeking an upward departure in the penalty “because of the egregiousness of the situation,” said Robert Humphrey, DSI spokesman.

There was, among other matters, a gunfight near the El Alamo in September, after which police found 45 casings from at least three guns. No one was injured, but vehicles were struck by the gunfire and a resident in the area reported his house was hit by a stray bullet.

During the first 11 months of 2017, police responded to 33 calls for service at the bar, including six that involved use of a weapon, five that involved an aggravated assault and 19 that involved a disturbance of the peace, according to the administrative law judge’s report.

The bar has an opportunity to address the city council about the proposed penalties Feb. 7 and the council is due to vote at that meeting.