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Shocking footage shows the moment a cyclist was struck by a stray bullet on a Louisiana road.
Christopher Weiss was riding with the Semi Tough cycling club in New Orleans when he felt a pain on the left part of his lower back.
Weiss reaches for his wound before buckling over his bike in agony, the one minute 39 second video shot by fellow rider Reid Case shows.
He is heard panting heavily as he tells the other cyclists who have stopped to help that 'he doesn't know what' struck him.
'There's definitely a piece of glass or something in there,' one rider says a female cyclist inspects the wound.
She goes on: 'It looks like a puncture. I don't feel anything in it and it's not bleeding much.'
The woman then removes her Lycra arm warmers to compress the wound. The footage ends with Weiss tentatively getting back on his seat.
Officials initially thought he was shot by a BB gun before later saying it was a stray bullet from a nearby shooting, the Mirror reported.
Weiss was said to have been transported to a local hospital to be treated for soft tissue damage and 'leg mobility issues' but he is expected to make a full recovery.
The riding club has said they will continue to ride the same streets despite reports of muggings and cyclists allegedly being shot by paintballs.
Case says filming rides is a trend among bikers due to accidents and criminal activity on the road.