Lido Lounge

A shooting early Saturday morning at Lido Lounge centered on the merits of Ohio strip clubs vs. those in Florida.

(John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Florida man suffered a gunshot wound to his leg Saturday at a strip club after he argued with a fellow patron about the difference between gentlemen's clubs in Ohio and Florida.

The 24-year-old Orlando man told police he was at the Lido Lounge strip club in the 3000 block of West 117th Street for a friend's birthday party.

The man told police he went to the parking lot about 2 a.m. Saturday. He argued with another man about strip clubs in the Sunshine State.

The argument escalated into a fight and the other pulled out a gun and shot the 24-year-old in the left thigh, according to Cleveland police. A friend drove the man to Lakewood Hospital.

Lakewood police officers were alerted by hospital officials. They contacted Cleveland police when they learned the shooting happened in Cleveland.