A man was shot in broad daylight outside a St. Paul convenience store Friday, with bystanders and police attempting to resuscitate him to no avail.

The fatal shooting occurred about 12:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Maryland Supermarket at 444 W. Maryland Ave.

The parking lot was crowded with cars and loiterers when between six and a dozen shots rang out in quick succession, according to witnesses.

“It’s a brazen act of violence that is absolutely outrageous,” said Steve Linders, police spokesman.

All the cars but one — which had a shattered window and numerous bullet holes in its door — sped off after the shooting, leaving a young man lying on his back on the nearby pavement.

Family members later identified him as Marquez Perry, though they did not give an age.

“They just start booming,” said the remaining car’s owner, who was inside the market buying a soda when the shooting occurred and declined to be identified. “We all just got down, flat on the ground.”

As the cars sped away, several bystanders ran up to the man, and two of them attempted CPR while the rest prayed out loud.

“He was breathing, flickering his eyes and then… he was gone,” said one of the women who attempted to resuscitate Perry. The woman, who asked to be identified only as Jen, works at a nearby apartment complex and ran out when she heard the shots.

With dried blood still on her hands, Jen recounted how when paramedics had eventually raised Perry’s shirt, it was evident that he was shot multiple times in the abdomen as well as at least twice in the arm.

Officers arrived and took over CPR, but when paramedics arrived they pronounced Perry dead shortly thereafter.

Police were still investigating a possible motive for the shooting Friday. Preliminary information showed the suspect sped away in a gray sport-utility vehicle, according to police.

Police have focused patrols on the parking lot recently, making 192 proactive visits in the past year, not related to a call.

The homicide was the eighth of the year in St. Paul. Police ask anyone with information to call them at 651-266-5650.