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Three wounded in two Atlantic City shootings

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Atlantic City police are investigating two shootings that wounded three men early just after midnight Tuesday morning.
A 39-year-old city man walked into the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's City Campus at 12:12 a.m., with gunshot wounds, Sgt. Kevin Fair said.
It was not clear where that shooting occurred.
At 12:38 a.m., a ShotSpotter alert in the first block of South Florida Avenue.
Officers found a 40-year-old man from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, wounded in the 2400 block of Pacific Avenue, Fair said.
A second victim, a 24-year-old Newark man, walked into the hospital for treatment, according to the report.
All were expected to survive their injuries.
The investigation is being led by the Violent Crimes Unit.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 609-347-5766. Information may also be texted anonymously to tip411 (847411), beginning the text with ACPD.
The shootings happened hours after a 17-year-old was fatally shot on Blaine Avenue.

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Lynda Cohen

BreakingAC founder who previously worked in newspapers for more than two decades. She is an NJPA award-winner and was a Stories of Atlantic City fellow.

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