At least 1 Dead, 4 Wounded in Connecticut Club Shooting

Preliminary information indicated four others were wounded, Hartford police Lt Paul Cicero said.

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Multiple people were shot at a Connecticut nightclub, leaving one person dead, police said on Sunday, 16 February.

Preliminary information indicated four others were wounded, Hartford police Lt Paul Cicero told The Associated Press.

In a tweet posted around 3 am, police described the location as a nightclub in Hartford's South End. The address provided in the tweet corresponds to the location of Majestic Lounge.

A phone call to the number listed on Majestic Lounge's Facebook pages was not answered.

Further details, including information about the shooter, weren't immediately available.

Just before 4:30 am, Cicero said police were still in the early stages of investigating and there were "a lot of moving parts."

(Published in an arrangement with Associated Press.)