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Man recovering from gunshot wound in downtown Las Vegas

A man is hospitalized in “stable” condition after he was shot in the chest early Sunday in downtown Las Vegas, according to Las Vegas police.

Officers were called just after 2 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Fremont and North 7th streets, where they found a man who had been shot in the chest, said Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Al Larsen.

The man was taken to a hospital and is in “stable condition,” Larsen said.

Police are still searching for the shooter, he said.

Contact Kimber Laux at klaux@reviewjournal.com. Follow @lauxkimber on Twitter.

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