Police: Man shoots Red Bird pedestrian in the neck before stealing his cellphone

Police are looking for a man who shot a pedestrian in the neck and stole his phone in the Red Bird area early Tuesday.

Shortly after midnight, a man was walking near the intersection of Kirnwood and Racine drives when a dark-colored sedan stopped next to him, police said.

A man came out of the sedan and shot the pedestrian in the neck. He took the victim’s cellphone and drove away.

A passerby found the wounded man lying on the ground and reported the shooting to police.

The man was taken to a hospital. His condition was not released Tuesday morning.

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