Terrifying video shows the moment gunfire broke out inside a crowded Los Angeles nightclub near a college campus, sending panicked partygoers rushing for safety. Two young people were killed in the shooting.
The footage, obtained by The California Post, captures revelers dancing to rap music beneath purple lights before two thunderous shots suddenly echo through the club.
The festive scene quickly descended into chaos as terrified guests sprinted toward the exits, scrambling out of the packed venue.
A man and a woman, both believed to be between 18 and 25 years old, died in the Friday night shooting at Artist Lounge, the Los Angeles Police Department told The Post.
The nightclub is in the University Plaza shopping center near California State University, Northridge, in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.
Police officers were already at the shopping center after responding to complaints about the loud party when the gunfire erupted.
Officers rushed into the club and found the two victims dead at the scene. Neither victim was conscious or breathing.
The motive remains unknown. Police described the suspected gunman as a Hispanic male but did not provide additional identifying information.
A witness told KTLA that the shooter appeared to deliberately aim at two people before accidentally hitting another person.
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“It all happened so fast,” the witness said. “This guy pulls out a gun from his waist and aims at one person – boom – then he turned around to get another guy, but he totally missed and got someone else in the back.”
After the shooting, numerous partygoers fled the building as police flooded the shopping plaza and secured the area.
Dozens of people were detained outside the complex, although it was not immediately clear why. Investigators may have been attempting to locate or identify the shooter.
Aerial video broadcast by KABC showed handcuffed individuals being questioned by officers inside an extensive crime scene spanning several businesses in the shopping center.
No arrests had been announced as of the latest update.
The LAPD’s investigation into the deadly Los Angeles nightclub shooting remains ongoing.
California State University, Northridge, a public university in the San Fernando Valley, has an enrollment of more than 35,000 students.
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