Man shot in arm outside Schenectady grocery store

A city man was shot in the arm Tuesday afternoon as he left a Watt Street grocery store.

The victim, who is in his 30s, but whom police declined to identify, told officers he was walking out of Algaitha Grocery, located at 1848 Watt St., about 5:20 p.m. and heard gunshots. He then realized he had been shot in the arm and transported himself to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady.

“The victim didn’t really know what happened,” said Schenectady police spokesman Sgt. Adriel Linyear.

Linyear said it is not clear whether the victim or a friend drove him to the hospital and that the victim was “not very cooperative” with police.

The man’s injury is not considered life-threatening, Linyear said.

Police are looking for two suspects, described vaguely as men in dark, hooded sweatshirts. Linyear said they drove away in a vehicle, but police had no description of that vehicle.

Police initially learned of the incident through calls from area residents about shots fired in the 1800 block of Watt Street.