DETROIT – Five people where shot early Friday when a gunman opened fire on a crowd outside a Detroit bar following a dispute over a parking space.
An argument over a parking spot outside of Chicago Blu’z Bar & Grill in Detroit turned physical, and then violent early Friday, March 29. Detroit police say at around 2:45 a.m., a man involved in the dispute left, came back with a gun, and fired on the crowd outside the blues club.
Five people were injured and rushed to two nearby hospitals. Each of them were in stable condition and expected to survive, Assistant Detroit police Chief Charles Fitzgerald told reporters early Friday.
Only one of the five people shot was believed to be involved in the argument over the parking space. The other four were believed to be bystanders, Fitzgerald said.
Investigators found at least 7-8 casings in the parking lot of the club. There were more people standing in the parking lot who weren’t injured.
The shooter -- whose identity was not yet known -- drove off in an SUV that was parked in the middle of the street in front of the bar. Surveillance video shows the man firing into the crowd, running back to the vehicle, and driving off.
You can watch the surveillance footage in the video player up above.
Detroit police were still searching for the shooter as of early Friday afternoon. Fitzgerald said they were looking for a dark SUV, possibly a Hyundai, that was driven by the shooter.
Police were also planning to look into why the blues club was open as late as it was. Fitzgerald told reporters that the owner did not have a permit for extended hours, and that the bar shouldn’t have been open that late.