SAN DIEGO—A 29-year-old man was shot in his car during a robbery at Fashion Valley shopping mall, authorities said June 24.

The crime occurred at 7067 Friars Road, just northwest of the convergence of the Mission Valley 8 Freeway and state Route 163 around 9:45 p.m.

The suspect, a man believed in his 20s, approached the victim’s car and demanded his money and cell phone at gunpoint, but a struggle occurred in which the firearm discharged, striking the victim in the upper thigh, according to the San Diego Police Department.

The victim was transported to the local hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

The suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction. It was unclear what, if anything, he escaped with.