AKRON, Ohio — A 25-year-old man was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being shot in the neck outside a strip club near the Firestone Park neighborhood, according to police.

A suspect is in custody after the shooting early Sunday morning outside Hush Cabaret Gentlemen’s Club on East Waterloo Road, police say.

Rocco M. Toro, 33, is being held in the Summit County Jail on charges of felonious assault and illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor establishment.

Officers were called to the club shortly after midnight Sunday and found the wounded victim in the front yard of the club.

Witnesses tell police the victim and Toro got into a fight inside the club. Both were escorted out of the building, but the victim reportedly assaulted Toro outside.

Toro is accused of going to his vehicle and getting a handgun, then firing a shot at the victim.

The suspect remained on the scene until officers arrived, police say.

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