© KSAT via APIn this image made from video provided by KSAT, San Antonio police officers work the scene of a deadly shooting at the Ventura, a music venue in San Antonio, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.
A witness told 41 Action News that several fights preceded a
deadly shooting outside a Kansas City, Missouri, nightclub on Sunday night.
Two people died and
at least 15 others were injured in the shooting that happened outside 9ine Ultra Lounge around 11:30 p.m.
Lilly Brooks told 41 Action News she was in the parking lot waiting to go inside when she saw a skirmish.
Brooks said
a security guard fired warning shots to try to stop the fighting.Brooks said she left the club at that point and did not witness the gunfire that erupted later.
Brooks described 9ine Ultra as a popular club that usually doesn't see many problems. She said she felt it was awful that a day of celebration in Kansas City ended with the mass shooting.
Seven victims of the shooting were taken to Centerpoint Medical Center. Late Monday morning, two of those victims remained in critical condition, as well as two patients in serious condition and two in fair condition.
One patient was treated and released, according to the hospital.
Police said as many as 15 victims went to area hospitals after the shooting.
A man believed to be the shooter and a woman were found dead at the scene, according to police.
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Update 5:01 p.m. EST Jan. 20: San Antonio police said a suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting at a RiverWalk bar shooting that killed two people and injured five, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Police did not release the suspect's name, the newspaper reported.
Officials said the suspect faces charges of capital murder for the deaths of 20-year-old Robert Jay Martinez III and 25-year-old Alejandro Robles, the News-Express reported.
Update 11:24 a.m. EST Jan. 20: The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday identified the two men who were killed as 20-year-old Robert Jay Martinez III and 25-year-old Alejandro Robles, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Robles was critically injured and taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, KENS-TV reported.
"Let's pray SAPD catches this evil coward that took away our family and left a 5-year-old son without a daddy," Christopher McQuade, Robles' uncle, told KENS.
Martinez died at the scene, police told the television station.
The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. during a concert around at Ventura, a live music venue and bar along the city's RiverWalk, Police Chief William McManus told reporters at a news conference.
According to McManus, an argument broke out inside of the club, and one person pulled out a gun and started shooting, KSAT reported.
Original report: According to The Associated Press, the shooting happened about 8 p.m. local time during an argument at the Ventura, a club along the city's River Walk. At least seven people were shot, including a 21-year-old man killed inside the venue and another person who died en route to the hospital, police told WOAI-TV.
Investigators have not yet released a description of the suspect, who was still on the run, the outlets reported.
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