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Man Treated for Wound on Cheek After Shots Fired in NY: Police

Police are searching for a man who shot another man in the Bronx, authorities said.

On Saturday after midnight, the 24-year-old victim was in front of a medical center on East Tremont Avenue when a stranger went up to him and shot several times at him, police said.

The attacker fled the location. The victim was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was treatement for a wound to his cheek, and was released, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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