Two men were shot in their hands during an armed robbery on East Boyd Drive early Tuesday morning.

Four men were walking on the 700 block of East Boyd Drive when they were approached by a black male wielding a handgun, said Baton Rouge Police Department Spokesman Cpl. Tommy Stubbs.

Two of the men attacked the gunman, and in the ensuing fight, the gun discharged, striking both men in their right hands. The suspect fled on foot and was not apprehended.

Petroleum engineering freshman Phillip Smith, who was in the area, said he heard a gun shot around 1:30 a.m. and saw two men running and screaming toward Shady’s Bar.

Smith said he went to investigate and saw the pair of men bleeding and clutching their wounds. One of the men who was shot passed out a few times, Smith said.

Smith confirmed one of the men shot was general business student Jeff Henley, who was arrested last Friday for a DWI after driving a BMW into the lake near Miller Hall.