A 61-year-old man was shot and injured in his St. Paul residence and police said they don’t believe he was the target.

Officers responded to the 400 block of West Maryland Avenue in the North End just before 1 a.m. Friday and found the man had been shot in the hand.

“Preliminary information indicates the round was fired outside of the home and the victim was randomly struck,” said Alyssa Arcand, a St. Paul police spokeswoman. “This investigation is active and ongoing.”

St. Paul Fire Department medics took the man to the hospital to be treated for a non-life threatening injury.

No one was under arrest as of Friday morning.

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