FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WABC) -- An American tourist was shot while vacationing in Turks and Caicos.
The victim was taken by helicopter to Fort Lauderdale, where he is in the hospital.
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Officials in Turks and Caicos say the 57-year-old man was attacked by masked gunmen Friday night inside his vacation rental home.
The home's security guard had been tied up with his own shoelaces during the incident.
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The incident comes a little more than a month after a man from Alabama was shot during an armed robbery in Turks and Caicos.