SAN BERNARDINO, California: Rodney King, the black man whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly rioting the next year, was shot on a street corner but his wounds were not thought to be life-threatening, police said Thursday.

King, 42, was hit in the face, arms, back and torso by birdshot fired from a shotgun. He was shot "possibly two or three times from a distance," then bicycled about 1 1/2 miles (2.4 kilometers) back to his home and called police Wednesday night, Rialto police Sgt. Craig Crispin told The Associated Press.