Two people have been murdered and 16 have
been wounded in a mass shooting at a Florida night club.
The
gunman entered the club and opened fire hitting people as young as 13 in Club
Blu, in Fort Myers in Florida.
The
incident happened shortly after 1am.
Witnesses
said the scene was that of a 'mad house'.
Lieutenant
Jim Mulligan of Lee County Sheriff's Office confirmed as many as 17 people had
been wounded.
Syreeta
Gary's daughter survived the attack. Speaking on a Twitter video,
she said: 'Well, I just thank God that my daughter is okay. She could have been
shot. She was dodging bullets and dropping between cars.
'It
is ridiculous that kids have to go through this and they cannot enjoy
themselves because you have people with criminalistic minds who want to
terrorize people.
'I'm just glad that she's okay.
'She
was running away from bullets so she wouldn't get shot. Her friend got shot in
the leg.
'They
were running for safety.'
It
is understood there have been reports of shootings at two other locations.
Police are treating the three incidents as being linked.
The
gunman is believed to have shot at a car and a house.
Witnesses
reported hearing at least 30 rounds being fired during the incident.
Timothy
Settles wrote on Facebook that he did not want to die.
His
aunt Kay Lyn Love wrote on Facebook: 'Hope u ok nephew I will be there to see u
Asap.'
Three
people had been detained for questioning, the police said, and the area was
'deemed safe' although roads in the vicinity were closed as the investigation
continues.
Local
television reported that the club was hosting a 'teen night'.
The
shooting comes six weeks after a massacre at a nightclub in the Florida city of
Orlando, in which a lone gunman killed 49 people in the deadliest mass shooting
in US history.
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