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Nov 3, 2007 8:16 am US/Eastern

Police Investigate Fatal Gambling Shooting In NYC

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Masked robbers stormed into an illicit poker game in a midtown Manhattan office building, shooting one man dead in a violent stickup, police said.

Police were searching for suspects early Saturday.

With their faces covered, four men burst in on the gamblers late Friday night on the seventh floor of a Fifth Avenue building a few blocks from the Empire State Building, police said.

During the confrontation, the 55-year-old victim was shot in the torso, according to police. He died at a local hospital about 40 minutes after the shooting. His identity wasn't released.

A number of professional offices, real estate firms and other businesses are listed at the building, which historically also had apartments on the upper floors.