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Man hospitalized after shooting in central Las Vegas

Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting in central Las Vegas early Monday that left a man hospitalized.

Lt. David Gordon said at 4:23 a.m. a man was walking through an apartment complex in the 900 block of Brush Street, near Charleston Boulevard, “when he was approached by a man who shot the victim as he was running away.”

“The victim was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg,” Gordon said.

Police are still trying to discern a motive and circumstances for the shooting. A condition on the victim was not immediately available.

Police had taped off a rear portion of the complex with crime scene tape and were on scene as of 6 a.m.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

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