SEATTLE -- Seattle police are searching for a gunman after shots were fired outside a Seattle restaurant on Rainier Avenue south Wednesday afternoon.

According to a witness, he was inside the restaurant when he heard gunshots and rushed outside to find his friend lying on the ground.

Witnesses told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News they saw a burgundy Mercedes leaving the scene.

There was no immediate word on the condition of the victim, or the location of the shooter.