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(Sandy Springs Police Department)

SANDY Springs, Ga. – Sandy Springs police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in a shooting in a hotel room earlier this week.

Officials say the violence happened around 11pm on Wednesday at an unidentified hotel in the city.

Responding to the scene, officers found a woman who had been shot in the abdomen.

Doctors rushed the victim to a local hospital. Officials believe he will survive his injuries.

Investigators described a person of interest in the shooting as a black male who was between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed between 160 and 180 pounds. The man also had a medium-length beard and a nose ring.

The person of interest was wearing a black head covering, an orange and black plaid shirt, black pants with an orange belt, brown boots, eyeglasses, a necklace and a wrist watch.

Authorities have not released the victim’s name or what they believe led to the shooting.

If you have any information that could help with the investigation, call detectives with the Sandy Springs Police Department at (770) 551-3321.