Man smoking outside Beverly Hills steakhouse shot and hospitalized

A man was shot Monday night outside a Beverly Hills steakhouse after he stepped outside for a smoke, police told City News Service.

The shooting occurred outside Nusr-Et Steakhouse Beverly Hills on North Canon Drive near Clifton Way, the Beverly Hills Police Department told KABC-TV Channel 7. The restaurant is next to Spago.

The man was shot by a bullet fired from across the street as he smoked, and he was taken to the hospital, according to KCBS-TV Channel 2. His condition was not immediately known Tuesday morning.

“My wife and I came downstairs to say hello to the guys at the valet and all of the sudden you hear, ‘Pop, pop, pop,’� said John Ferguson, 60, who is staying at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills on vacation.

Ferguson said he saw a person he thought was the shooter run away from the scene, and later saw the injured man put into an ambulance.

“My wife saw him move his arm,� Ferguson said.

The area by the restaurant, which is owned by “Salt Bae� butcher Nusret Gökçe, was blocked off by police tape Tuesday morning as Beverly Hills police investigated. A bullet could be seen shining on the sidewalk across from the restaurant. The window of the BNP Paribas bank across from Nusr-Et was shattered, with a small bullet hole near the base of the glass.

Workers at Nusr-Et declined to answer questions beyond acknowledging that there had been a shooting.