ST. LOUIS • A man shot another man attempting to steal his car Wednesday afternoon outside a gas station convenience store.

Police were called to the scene at the Crown Food Mart at 4608 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive about 1 p.m. Wednesday.

A 42-year-old man said he left his vehicle running while he went into the store, but while he was shopping spotted a 27-year-old man entering his car, according to police.

The car owner confronted the man and the thief pointed a gun in his direction, police said. The owner then pulled out his own gun and exchanged gunfire with the thief, striking the thief in the pelvis, police said.

The thief ran from the scene and was taken by a private vehicle to a hospital.

No one else was injured, police said.

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