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A man was shot and wounded Thursday evening while riding his bicycle along the Los Angeles River bike path near Long Beach Boulevard, authorities said.

Police said the shooting happened around 7:15 p.m., and officers contacted the man in the 6500 block of Atlantic Avenue, about a block away from the river.

Police said they learned that the man had been riding along the bike path next to the river when someone shot him in the upper body, but details on a motive and a suspect description weren’t immediately available.

Officers went to the area where the man described being shot, but they weren’t able to locate any evidence, according to the LBPD.

Medical personnel treated the man and took him to a local hospital in stable condition, according to police, who say they’re still investigating.

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