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Man found shot near Orange County motel

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County deputies are investigating an overnight shooting near a motel.

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Deputies said they responded to the Quality Inn on West Landstreet Road just before 1 a.m.

They said they found a man who was shot. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

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Investigators are still looking into what sparked the shooting.

No other details were available.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.