COSTA MESA, Calif. u Police are investigating an attempted
robbery that left a man with a gunshot wound in a parking lot at
South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa Sunday night.

Officers were called to the 3300 block of Bristol Street
regarding the shooting around 8:40 p.m.

The unidentified victim was approached in the parking lot by the
suspect and then shot in the leg, the Costa Mesa Police
Department stated.

Video showed good Samaritans and first responders gathered
around to help the victim, who was on the ground next to a white
Lamborghini in the parking lot.

The man was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with a non- life-threatening wound, police said.

A witness said the victim was involved in an altercation with
the suspect.

oThey looked like they were arguing. They just started fighting
and then the guy just fell down to the floor,o the witness said.

No description was provided of the suspect, who fled the scene
before police arrived.

The motive for the shooting is unknown. It was also unclear if
the suspect and victim knew each other.

The incident comes less than three months after a woman was
killed during a robbery at Newport BeachAs Fashion Island mall
roughly 10 miles away.

And less than a month ago, carjackers targeted motorists in a
Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari at the same mall.

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