Suspect at large after man shot at Stanford Shopping Center

A man was shot in the hand and foot Thursday night while trying to get into his parked car at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, according to authorities.

The shooting was reported about 9:49 p.m. by the man's girlfriend, who said he had been shot at the shopping center, located at 180 El Camino Real, according to a Palo Alto Police Department news release. The man and his girlfriend were already at a local hospital at the time of the call. The man's injuries were determined to be non-life-threatening.

Police spoke with the man and his girlfriend and found a spent casing from a .40-caliber handgun at the scene. Officers said the man, his girlfriend and a man in his 20s were returning to their parked car on the shopping center's east side when a man approached them and fired a gun, shooting the victim in his foot and hand. The suspect fled the scene. The man's girlfriend took him to a hospital and alerted police.

Police are investigating the case. The victim isn't cooperating with police and isn't giving more information to investigators.

A witness at the scene said he saw the suspect get out of the back seat of a white BMW and run up to the man, authorities said.

After shooting the victim, the suspect got into the back seat of the vehicle, fleeing eastbound through the parking lot.

The suspect was described as a man in a black hooded sweatshirt, about 5-foot-6 and with a “slim build.” The witness didn't describe the driver of the BMW and couldn't give more information about the vehicle.

Police reviewed surveillance footage but haven't found video of the shooting. Authorities will release additional footage and images in identifying the suspect if they become available.