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Chapel Hill police were searching for a 23-year-old man Saturday who they say is responsible for shooting a man multiple times Friday evening on West Rosemary Street. 

<b>CHAPEL HILL, N.C.</b> — Chapel Hill police were searching for a 23-year-old man Saturday who they say is responsible for shooting a man multiple times Friday evening on West Rosemary Street. 

Officers responding to the 300 block of West Rosemary Street at about 6:30 p.m. found an unidentified man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to UNC Hospitals. 

Investigators have charged Dennis Junious Clark with attempted first-degree murder int he shooting. He is about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. 

<span style="font-size: 12px;">Authorities did not release the victim's name, but said the man is not a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. No information about the man's condition was available Saturday morning. </span>

Police said Clark was seen leaving the area in a white sedan. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911 or Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515.

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