At least five people sustained gunshot wounds in a shooting near an Atlanta nightclub hosting a black gay Pride event.
Shots rang out around 6 am Monday (September 6) near The Marquette Lounge, a venue hosting a Lil Kim concert as part of black gay Pride. Officers responded to reports of gunshots at the scene and discovered the five aforementioned victims. All received treatment at a nearby hospital and fortunately did not sustain any life-threatening injuries. The identities of the victims have not been made public.
11Alive reports that an investigation suggested that a fight broke out among concert patrons. Several concertgoers called 911 after the gunfire began. The suspect in the shooting fled, and remains at large, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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“There were people shooting back and then somebody got in a fight, and they maced somebody and we all had to run. It was very scary,” said Joseph Downer, an eyewitness to the scene.
The Marquette Lounge also issued a statement in response to the shooting. “The Marquette Lounge management team is committed to the safety of our guests and are deeply saddened by the events that occurred outside the facility and across the street from our parking lot on Sunday evening as our establishment closed,” it read in part. “Our premises were fully secured at the time and to our knowledge, no major occurrence happened that would warrant the shooting that took place across the street.”
Meanwhile, Atlanta city councilman Michael Bond has said he will propose new measures to the council aimed at increasing security. That will include a new ordinance requiring liquor license holders to own adjacent parking lots to make sure customers are protected.
“Perhaps they begin towing cars after the business is closed, then the lot becomes private and people are no longer allowed to park there,” Bond told 11Alive.
The shooting outside The Marquette Lounge is just one of a number of shootings across the United States this Labor Day weekend. Chicago and New York City both experienced numerous shootings, while a former Marine in Florida gunned down four people, including an infant.
shavedtechie
I’m not surprised Anymore. With the amount of hate in this country nothing surprises me. It’s a sad day to be a US citizen
rural queer socialist
Quite clearly the issues is not ‘hate crime’ against queer people but
Queer people who are violently hateful against one another!
News reports out of Atlanta report issues of loitering and drinking outside the club, and arguments about cars, ride shares, and all the other filthy hateful nonsense in queer clubs.
So, get with it and stop reporting it was ‘hate crime’. WRONG!
BaltoSteve
@rqs, there you go twisting it to fit your narrative. You are the only one who called it a “Hate Crime.” Shavedtechie was only lamenting about the level of hate in this country. And I don’t know about you, but very rarely have I ever heard about 5 people being shot out of love. Passion, yes, but never really out of Love. And you do know that everything you have listed as problems endemic in Gay Clubs occurs in straight, gay, lesbian, etc.. clubs and bars across this country. Perhaps you and your therapist can unpack your feelings toward the LGBTQ community.
Kangol2
This sounds like a club dispute that occurred outside the venue, and not an anti-gay attack, thankfully, but it’s still unfortunate that people have such easy access to guns to start firing away and endangering the lives of everyone around them.
GayEGO
Too many shootings going on, we are not in the old wild west anymore, this has to stop!
rural queer socialist
ONLY when queer people stop acting out violently.
BaltoSteve
@RQS, with every reply.. i hear more and more an Incel striking out. Perhaps that is more that needs to be unpacked with a licensed therapist.
SDR94103
some cultures are simply violent.
Mr C
That is every race on the planet
d3clark
SDR, I agree. Like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers KKK and other white trash
Fahd
Justice Stevens has come out in favor of repealing the 2nd Amendment. Some lawyers are making inroads on suits against gun manufacturers, despite the federal legislation shielding them from liability. But, there are just too many weapons in circulation – some of them are going to be used to do evil.
Something needs to be done, sooner rather than later.
rural queer socialist
Hello. Justice John Paul Stevens is dead!
jockjack5
I’m not sure why this news report is even in Queerty.
It has nothing to do with “gay” or “pride.”
This whole incident is simply another example of the random violence that plagues so much of our inner-city communities, especially when combined with a hip-hop concert.
The Marquette Lounge was hosting a Lil Kim concert and “a fight broke out among concert patrons. Several concertgoers called 911 after the gunfire began.”
So, there you have it. Nothing gay about thuggish behavior.