QUEENS, N.Y. - Police in Far Rockaway are looking for a gunman after a man was shot Tuesday.

It happened around 8 p.m. along Beach 67th Street in the Averne section.

Sources tell NY1 after he was shot the victim stumbled into the Macedonia Baptist Church where a funeral was taking place. 

NY1 is told the pastor immediately sprung into action to give him aid.

"They ran and everybody just covered over him, and that's it - we didn't see the shooting cause we were in there for a funeral," said one witness.

"We wanted to make sure everybody in the community was safe, and to make sure the pastor and his congregants were doing okay. But clearly with an ongoing investigation, we want to make sure that we get the facts straight," said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, and is expected to survive. 

It's unclear at this time what led up to the shooting.