It went something like this Thursday night on the streets of Springfield — specifically, the 3200 block of West Page Street, according to police.

At about 7 p.m., a man asked another man for a cigarette.

The answer was no, according to Lt. Chad McIntyre.

So the man in need of a smoke shot the other guy, who was taken to the hospital.

The victim did not appear to have a life-threatening injury, McIntyre said.

Also, the victim was not very cooperative with police, he said.

No one has been arrested.

"We do not even have a good description of the suspect," he said. "There were not many cooperative people.

"About the only thing we've got is the cigarette story."