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Portland police are investigating a shooting that took place early Sunday morning outside Rick’s Cabaret at 200 Riverside St.

Officers responded to the scene around 2:30 a.m., according to a statement Sunday from Maj. Robert Martin.

A group was refused entry by staff and as they were leaving the parking lot several gunshots were fired from their car, a black Mercedes, toward the club entrance, Martin said. Police are looking for four men who were in the Mercedes.

Staff and patrons were standing in the entrance and a 39-year-old man was struck by a bullet. He left before police arrived and was located at Maine Medical Center later in the morning with non-life threatening injuries, Martin said.

Rick’s Cabaret is a 21 and over strip club, according to its website. No one answered the phone and the voicemail box was full when a reporter called Sunday.

Investigators are urging anyone with information about the case to call them at 207-874-8575.

Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in...