A man has been hospitalized after police say security guards of a South Philadelphia gentleman’s club shot him for trying to run one of them down with his minivan.
The shooting took place at 12:35 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of Club Onyx along the 2900 block of Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia Police said.
The 27-year-old man was arguing with his wife by the street when a black Honda pulled up and tried to intervene, police said. The woman walked away as her husband and the driver of the other car got into an argument. She then heard four gunshots and ran back to the club, police said. The Honda fled the scene.
The man then followed his wife back the club and began to argue with two security guards about being kicked out of the establishment. Eventually, the man said ‘I’ll kill everyone in here,’ got into his green Kia minivan and attempted to run down one the guards, police said.
The guards opened fire on the van, which then fled the scene. Police eventually caught up to man after finding the minivan on the ramp to Interstate 95 at Broad Street. Bullets had hit him in both shoulders and both legs, according to police.
Officers took the man to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
This isn't the first time a shooting took place at the strip club. Three people were shot in the club's parking lot in late February 2013. Another shooting also took place in March 2013.
Police continue to investigate this latest shooting, but said charges are pending against the shooting victim.
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