Police: Victim of attempted robbery wounded in shootout

A man was wounded after he exchanged gunfire with two men who tried to rob him early this morning outside the Rumor boutique hotel, according to Metro Police.

The shooting happened about 4:45 a.m. after two men approached the victim in his vehicle in the parking lot of the hotel near Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road, police said.

The men tried to rob him with firearms, but the victim pulled out a gun of his own and shot at them, police said.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder in an exchange of shots and was taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.

One suspect was taken into custody, and the other was at large, police said. Neither suspect is believed to have been wounded, police said.