UPDATED, 11:10 a.m. Tuesday

ST. LOUIS • An 8-year-old boy was shot in the back Monday night as he was riding in a car near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street, police said.

A bullet also grazed the boy's 31-year-old father, who was driving the car.

Police say it appears that boy's father was the intended target.

The shots were fired from an assailant in a passing car at about 6:40 p.m. Monday as the father and son drove south in the 2900 block of Spring Avenue. The father drove to the 3800 block of Enright Avenue to report the shooting and get medical care for his son.

The boy on Tuesday was being treated at a local hospital. His father refused medical care. Police described the boy's condition Tuesday as "stable."

A police spokeswoman provided no further details Tuesday morning on the boy's condition, the shooting itself or any description of the car from which the shots were fired.