Hartford (Connecticut): Multiple people were shot at a Connecticut nightclub, leaving one person dead, police said early Sunday.
Preliminary information indicated four others were wounded, Hartford police Lt. Paul Cicero told.
In a tweet posted around 3 a.m., police described the location as a nightclub in Hartford's South End. Cicero confirmed the shooting took place inside the Majestic Lounge on Franklin Avenue. A phone call to the number listed on Majestic Lounge's Facebook pages was not answered.
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Shooting investigation in area of 50 New Park Ave. Adult male, graze wound. Conscious/alert. More info as it becomes available. -LT. PC pic.twitter.com/e4qLPVm6aq
— Hartford Police CT (@HartfordPolice) February 16, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Shooting investigation in area of 50 New Park Ave. Adult male, graze wound. Conscious/alert. More info as it becomes available. -LT. PC pic.twitter.com/e4qLPVm6aq
— Hartford Police CT (@HartfordPolice) February 16, 2020Shooting investigation in area of 50 New Park Ave. Adult male, graze wound. Conscious/alert. More info as it becomes available. -LT. PC pic.twitter.com/e4qLPVm6aq
— Hartford Police CT (@HartfordPolice) February 16, 2020
Further details, including information about the shooter and the condition of those wounded, weren't immediately available. Just before 4:30 a.m., Cicero said police were still in the early stages of investigating and there were a lot of moving parts. There wasn't much more information available by 5:45 a.m., and he said police would likely be at the scene for hours.
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(With Inputs from AP)