A man in his 30s is in stable but serious condition after a 4 a.m. Saturday shooting at a hookah lounge on Mohawk Road East.

"We're still doing interviews and we are processing the scene," said Hamilton Police St. Sgt. Rob Hersics.

"We haven't narrowed down a physical description of the suspect yet because we had the entire place fleeing at the time of the event."

No other injuries were reported and no one has been arrested, said Hersics.

"I'm not at liberty to say where (on his body) he was shot or how many times he was shot. But there was more than one gunshot wound," he said. Hersics confirmed the shooting took place inside the King's Lounge hookah bar. The lounge operates in the basement of a small strip mall at the corner of Upper Ottawa Street. It has an entrance at the rear of the mall but can also be accessed through David's Pizza and Pastry.

Police on Saturday continued to block access to the lounge and the pizza store.

Jay Mason-Grant, owner of nearby business Black Knight Games, said the hookah lounge opened about a year ago as an after-hours spot that operates a couple of nights per week.

'I feel a little uncomfortable about it," he said. "I don't know exactly what it is. It's kind of like a private kind of a club. I've never been down there myself."

Generally, he says, the lounge hasn't caused problems because it tends to operate when the other businesses in the mall are closed. But occasionally, loud music will be played earlier.

Mason-Grant said he arrived Saturday at 9 a.m. to find the mall taped off by police, who eventually let the business owners get through more than an hour later.

Peter Yang, a manager of Big Bee Convenience and Food Mart in the strip mall, said he had to delay opening his business Saturday morning as well because of the police investigation.

He said he often sees young people coming out of the lounge at 7 a.m. when he comes to work.