CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 43-year-old man was shot in the throat Thursday evening while walking in the city's Ohio City neighborhood, police said.

The shooting happened about 6:40 p.m. at the intersection of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue.

The man told police he walked from downtown across the Detroit-Superior Bridge when a man rode up to him on a bicycle. The bicyclist yelled at the man, jumped off the bike and told the man, "I'll blow your head off," according to police reports.

The bicyclist pulled out a gun and fired a shot that hit the man in the throat under his chin, reports say.

The shooter jumped back on his bike and sped away. He has not been arrested, police said.

The wounded man walked several blocks to Lutheran Hospital. The man was then flown via emergency helicopter to MetroHealth. His condition is unknown.

Doctors recovered the bullet from the man's throat and turned it over to police for evidence, report say.

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