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August 8, 2007

Newport police investigate shooting

NEWPORT -- Newport police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured.

Investigators say the attack Tuesday night injured a 27-year-old man, but none of his wounds are life threatening.

The gunfire broke out outside an apartment complex near the Middletown border around 8 p.m.

Police Lt. William Fitzgerald Jr. says officers found several empty shell casings at the scene -- but no victim or weapon.

A short while later, detectives were sent to Newport Hospital to interview a man seeking treatment for a gunshot wound.

Fitzgerald wouldn't release the victim's identity or discuss a motive. But he says the attack wasn't random.

On Monday, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed near the same apartment complex. The police say the incidents appear unrelated.

-- The Associated Press

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