Man Shot In Head Inside Famed Manhattan Music Building, Police Say

NEW YORK CITY — A man is clinging to life after a shooting inside a famed Midtown music studio where Madonna, Blondie and other famous artists rehearsed, police said.

The man, 26, was shot in the head early Friday inside the Music Building along Eighth Avenue and 38th Street, an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.

Cops responded to a 12:40 a.m. call about a shooting to find the man conscious and alert, despite suffering a gunshot wound to his head, authorities said.

Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he remained in critical condition late Friday morning, police said.

Details on the shooting — including a motive — remained unclear hours afterward, aside from four men were seen running from the building, police said. No arrests had been made, authorities said.

The Music Building bills itself as "the rehearsal space for independent music creation in New York City."

"Prior to reaching stardom, artists such as Madonna, Blondie, Billy Idol, and Metallica, rehearsed and refined their first hits in our music rehearsal space," the building's website states.

"There is a reason so many superstars have made The Music Building their rehearsal studio of choice."