The Mobile Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in West Mobile Wednesday night.

The shooting occurred at 8:39 p.m. in the 2300 block of Airport Boulevard in West Mobile where police said a victim was shot twice by a known man.

The victim's caretaker, Alfred Bernhardt, identified the shooting victim as 55-year-old William "Rusty" Hill.

He said Hill has rented a portion of his home on Seminole Street for the past six months, which is a few blocks away from where the shooting took place at the Public Safety Memorial Park. Hill worked for his son doing roofing work in Mobile for several years before moving in after becoming disabled.

He saw him Wednesday afternoon a few hours before the shooting.

"I seen him yesterday and gave him a little allowance for the day," said Bernhardt. "He usually goes up the street and buys beer with it."

A store clerk from the Quick Stop gas station on Airport Boulevard, that sits directly across the street from the park, did not want to be identified but said Hill came to the gas station for help.

"He's always here and he ran from across the street last night bleeding asking us for help," said the store clerk.

The park where the shooting occurred sits in front of the rear section of the Mobile Police Department's headquarters. About 12 of Hill's friends from the neighborhood gathered underneath a gazebo in the park Thursday morning trying to make sense of the shooting.

"I mean he's here everyday and Rusty is not the type to harm nobody he just likes to drink," said one friend.

Kenny Frederick, one of Hill's friends, said that Hill sometimes panhandles in the area and has been robbed more than once at the park.

"He's not a troublemaker but he's disabled," said Frederick. "Earlier in the week, someone pulled a gun on him and I'm sure it's the same one."

Back at Bernhardt's home he sat in his living room quietly, still in disbelief about the incident.

"You know I just hate that he got shot," said Bernhardt.

No additional details were released by the Mobile Police Department about the shooting or Hill's condition at this time.