A shooter opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday, killing five people and wounding 18 in the latest mass shooting to befall the country in a year in which anti-gay rhetoric has been amped up among extremists.

A Michigan man has been convicted in the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was out celebrating a family member’s birthday at a Flint nightclub.

DETROIT – Detroit police are seeking the public’s help in identifying individuals in connection with a non-fatal shooting early Monday morning outside a nightclub on the city’s west side. According to police, the shooting happened at about 1:45 a.m. after a show ended at the Sting Gentlemen’s Club on Michigan Avenue. Police said all six victims -- four men and two women -- are in their 20s. Police are searching for a newer model silver Dodge Ram truck, which was seen leaving the area after the shooting. The shooting is Detroit’s eighth mass shooting of the year.