CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland man slapped a woman in the face before he was shot in the back of the head early Saturday in a parking lot in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, police reports say.

A 48-year-old man was shot just after 1:45 a.m. in a parking lot outside a Dollar General on East 131st Street at Miles Avenue, according to a police report.

He was taken to University Hospitals for treatment. His condition was not immediately available Monday morning.

A witness saw the man arguing with a woman inside a bar, Winston’s Place, shortly before the shooting. The 48-year-old man slapped the woman, the followed her out of the bar to the parking lot outside Dollar General, police reports say.

The man hit the woman a second time while they argued in the parking lot. At that point two unidentified men intervened to confront the 48-year-old man, police reports say.

One of the unidentified men punched the 48-year-old man, who fell to the ground. The woman helped the 48-year-old man up before the second unidentified man appeared to punch him again, the witness said.

The witness told investigators that he did not see or hear any gunshots, police reports say.

An ambulance took the 48-year-old man to University Hospitals, where doctors determined he’d been shot. The bullet passed through the back of his head and through his jaw, police reports say.

Fourth District detectives are investigating the shooting.

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