A man was shot in the face with a BB-gun at a Caldwell area Walmart early Saturday evening.

Caldwell Police says officers were called out to the supermarket near Cleveland Boulevard and Ustick Road for a reported shooting.

Police found a man with injuries to his face, but the suspect had taken off and was no where to be found.

CBS 2 News reports, the suspect and victim, who know each other police say, apparently got into some kind of altercation before the shooting.

Authorities are asking for witnesses to the shooting to call Crime stoppers at 208-343-COPS.