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Three men wounded in a shooting early Sunday near a Flats East Bank nightclub will recover, police said.

(cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three men shot early Sunday near a nightclub on the Flats East Bank are expected to recover, police said.

The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. near the Odeon Concert Club on the Flats East Bank, police said.

The three men who were wounded are in their early 20s. One man suffered gunshot wounds to both legs and his genitals. The second suffered gunshot wounds to his chest, buttocks, spine and left knee. The third suffered gunshot wounds to his stomach, ankle, and thigh, police said.

All three men were taken to MetroHealth to be treated.

Investigators believe the shooter was a young man who left the area in an older-model car, police said.

The incident is being investigated.

When officers arrived they found two of the men who'd been shot lying on the ground. They began first aid before paramedics arrived, police said.

All Cleveland police cars are now equipped with a trauma kit, and all officers recently completed eight hours of first aid training, Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Steve Loomis said Sunday.

The city accelerated first-aid training after the officers involved in the Tamir Rice shooting had no first-aid supplies on hand and did not tend to the boy's wounds, Mayor Frank Jackson said earlier this month.