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A man was shot at Cheeques Lounge in Linden early Saturday morning, police say. (Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media)

LINDEN -- A man was found bleeding from a gunshot wound to the stomach outside a city strip club Saturday, police said.

The Middlesex County man was standing in the parking lot across from Cheeque's Lounge on East Linden Avenue when a police officer arrived around 2:45 a.m., according to Capt. James Sarnicki.

Paramedics from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway treated the 24-year-old man at the scene, and the fire department brought him to University Hospital in Newark. Sarnicki said he is in stable condition.

Detectives found several shell casings outside the club, Sarnicki said. An investigation is ongoing.

Cheeques has been the site of several prior alleged crimes, including a brawl between two groups of men, a gunpoint robbery and a five-person fight.

Police ask anyone with information about Saturday's shooting to call 908-474-8558 or email crimetips@lpdnj.org.

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