A man was hospitalized after he was found shot several times near a motel in Miami early Friday, authorities said.
City of Miami Police said officers responded shortly after 2:15 a.m. to a ShotSpotter alert of several rounds of gunfire at 5950 Northeast Biscayne Boulevard.
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>Police said the victim was found in the parking lot of Carl's Motel El Padre.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial in critical condition.
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>Meanwhile, behind crime scene tape, yellow evidence markers dotted the parking lot before dawn as officers collected evidence in brown paper bags.
Authorities said they are urging people to come forward with any potential information about a suspect.
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