Isaac Martinez, 20, got shot in the shoulder and posted pic on social media before calling for help

A US man was shot in the shoulder so immediately reached for his cellphone. But he didn’t use it to call ambulance.

MOST people who get shot would call for help straight away if they are able to. Not take a selfie of the wound.

But that’s what 20-year-old Isaac Martinez did when he found himself in the middle of a shooting spree in the Arizona, US, city of Mesa on Wednesday.

Mr Martinez works at restaurant Bistro 13 when gunman Ryan E. Giroux allegedly approached him and demanded that he give him the keys to his car, 12 News reported.

When Martinez said no, Giroux allegedly shot him. Martinez immediately posted a photo of himself, blood staining and dripping from the shoulder area of his white uniform, on the social app Snapchat.

#MesaShooting victim, EVIT student Isaac Martinez uses social media to share his day with his friends. pic.twitter.com/53ICdTcndq

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Ryan E. Giroux is accused of going on a shooting spree in Mesa, Arizona.

He didn’t stop with just one photo though. Even after he got to hospital he carried on documenting his injury, posting another photo of himself in a hospital bed, with his gunshot wound clearly visible. He was treated and released.

On Facebook, he updated his 1,200 friends on his status.

“So im home and well! I have no complicated injuries and should heal fine,” his Facebook posts says. “I had a bullet hit me from behind and go through my shoulder and out my collar area. Any higher or lower it coulda hit a artery, or shatter my shoulder blade. It was a miracle hit.”

He also described exactly how the shooting unfolded.

“He (the suspect) came in and demanded my keys for a getaway car. Of course I said no, and next was him pulling out a gun and cocking it. Soon as I saw it I started stepping back. And yelled for everyone to step back and get down. Next thing I knew I was hitting the ground, got up as fast as I fell, and ran out the back exit. At the same time the assailant had started taking off in my chef instructors car. When I saw he had gone. I noticed the cops and fire trucks down the street and went there.”