Man hospitalized after being shot outside Brookhaven nightclub

A man is recovering after being shot outside a Brookhaven nightclub early Monday morning, according to authorities.

Brookhaven officers were called to the Josephine Lounge on Buford Highway around 3:15 a.m. about a person being shot. Responding officers found the victim, a 35-year-old man, in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the chest, officials said.

The man was taken to a hospital, where police said he is stable.