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Shooting injures 1 in central Las Vegas

A man was hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.

Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ken Nogle said officers were called to the 1400 block of Santa Margarita Street around 2:30 p.m. to multiple reports of gunshots heard in the area. When they arrived, they found a man with “at least two gunshot wounds,” Nogle said.

The man was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Detectives were unable to get a description of the suspect, who is still at large, Nogle said.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter.

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