ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police are investigating the robbery and shooting of a man at a hotel near the city’s busy tourist district.
Investigators say the victim was standing outside of a room at the Super 8 motel on American Way last night when someone robbed him of his cell phone and shot him.
Early Tuesday, O.P.D. tweeted out a picture from surveillance video of a man seen outside the hotel near the time of the robbery.
Can you ID? Last night, he robbed a man at gunpoint & shot him outside of the Super 8 Hotel at 5900 American Way. Victim is expected to recover.
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) December 12, 2017
Suspect is B/M in 30s, clean shaven, 5’8” average build. If you have any information at all, call @CrimelineFL at 800-423-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/yyXSgQgMjo
The victim was hospitalized overnight with non-life threatening injuries.
Anyone with information about the robbery and shooting is asked to call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.