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Man hospitalized after shooting in central Las Vegas

Updated September 24, 2018 - 3:31 am

Las Vegas police are investigating after a man was shot early Monday morning in a central valley neighborhood.

A man called police just before 2 a.m. and said his son had been shot on the 5100 block of Gray Lane, near Maryland Parkway and Hacienda Avenue, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said.

Officers responding to the scene found a man suffering a gunshot wound to the torso, Gordon said. He was hospitalized and was expected to survive.

Police set up a perimeter around the Parkway Villas community on Maryland while they searched for the shooter, but left the area about 3 a.m.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0365. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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