UPDATED at 8 a.m. Thursday with description of car and condition of victim

ST. LOUIS • A man on a bicycle was shot and critically wounded late Wednesday by someone in a car that pulled up next to him, police said.

The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. on Louisiana Avenue near Lafayette Avenue, about two blocks east of Grand Boulevard.

Police Lt. Jerry Foster said a car got off of Interstate 44 at the Grand exit and pulled up next to the bicyclist. A male with a T-shirt covering his face opened fire. The car, described only as a tan sedan, then drove away.

The victim was shot in the abdomen and taken to a hospital. He was listed in critical and unstable condition on Thursday morning. The man, 30, lived near the shooting scene, Foster said.

He said a motorist who saw the victim in the road on his bicycle stopped to help and discovered the man had been shot. Both that motorist and a nearby resident called police.

Witnesses told police that they heard four to six shots.

Foster said police did not have any suspects so far. Police say district detectives, and not homicide investigators, would be handling the case.

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