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Police seek three in Orleans hotel shooting

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Metro Police are seeking two women and a man after a man was shot in the abdomen at the Orleans hotel and casino this morning.

Two guests at the hotel met two women and later invited them to a room at the Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., police said.

A man with a gun arrived at the room during an apparent attempted robbery and the two men inside resisted during an altercation, police said. One man was shot in the abdomen at about 4:58 a.m. and was taken to University Medical Center's trauma unit with wounds that didn't appear life-threatening, police said.

Robbery detectives are reviewing video. None of the suspects is in custody at this time, police said.

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