One person was killed and 10 others were injured in two separate shootings at a Texas nightclub.
Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Dallas police received a call to report a shooting at the Pryme Night Club. According to a press release from the police, six people were shot dead.
The victims were taken to local hospitals where one, a woman, was pronounced dead. Her name was not released. The other is said to be stable or critical.
Police said they believe the shooting was the result of a “disruption” between two groups of people at the nightclub.
“A member of one of the groups manufactured a firearm and started firing inside the club, resulting in the six being injured,” authorities said.
According to police, the suspect fled “in an unknown direction”.
Shortly after the Dallas incident, Houston police said officers responded to a shooting at a club on the North Freeway.
The police in a tweet Just before 4:15 a.m., five people were injured after a “disruption” at the nightclub. The victims were all admitted to hospital.
Houston police did not immediately return a phone call Saturday.
According to NBC affiliate KPRC-TV in Houston, one man sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and was listed in a critical condition. The other victims, including a man shot in the leg, are stable.
Preliminary information indicates that there was an altercation in the club and that a suspect started shooting with a pistol, the office said.
