More sad news out of Florida this morning. Details on another club shooting inside...
UPDATE (4:13p ET) Club Blu has seemingly removed its entire Facebook page. Also, the police have put ut this official statement:
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Two people are dead and between 14-16 have been injured after a shooting outside at Fort Myers, Florida's Club Blu Bar last night. It was reportedly teen night and victims aged from 12-27. Devastating.
A main suspect was apprehended about 6 miles from the club in the Ortiz neighborhood, two other suspects were also questioned.
A swimsuit glow party was happening when a gunned man came into the club's parking lot just after midnight and opened fire. Parents and family were in the process of picking kids up as this occurred, so adults were around the club at the time. USA Today reports:
According to the Ft. Myers News-Press newspaper, a woman who identified herself as Adline Azemard said that a relative, 14-year-old Sean Archilles, was one of the two people killed.
"My cousin called and said Sean is dead," Azemard said. "We were at Lee Memorial (Hospital) all night, and they don't tell us nothing. They have a party for the kids."
Another woman, Emma Decimus, stood crying near the scene, mourning for Archilles, a nephew. "They saw him on the ground," she said of witnesses.
The shooting, which has been said to have not been done by any of the kids at the party, has not been tied to any terrorism effort.
NBC News reports:
The club said there was "armed security" at the event for children between the ages of 12 and 17, adding there "was nothing more we could have done." Although police did not immediately give information about the identity of the suspects, the club said that "it was not kids at the party that did this despicable act."
According to local reports, the "Girls Gone Wild. No Panties Edition" was held a week before the "swimsuit glow party."
Club Blu posted and deleted this message after receiving criticism:
Club Blu has since deleted its Facebook post, but this is what it said: pic.twitter.com/qA3qXjZEYZ
— Andrew O'Brien (@aobrien7) July 25, 2016
They then posted this just a couple of hours ago:
Plenty of commenters have been railing the club for their choice of hosting such a party, and racial undertones are running rampant from commenters:
This morning, Governor Rick Scottreleased the below statement following the shooting:
“Following the horrific news of a shooting at a nightclub in Ft. Myers, I spoke with Ft. Myers Mayor Randy Henderson, Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott and Ft. Myers Interim Police Chief Dennis Eads to offer any assistance from the state. I have cancelled my scheduled events today to meet with law enforcement and local officials in Ft. Myers. While we are still learning the details about what happened this morning, we know that some of the victims of this terrible incident were children. We will continue to pray for the victims and their families.”
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those involved and the family and friends of the victims.
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