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Employee Shot Outside Strip Club

By Melissa Garcia

GLENDALE, Colo. (CBS4) - Police are searching for the gunman who shot an employee of a strip club in Glendale.

Shots rang out outside Shotgun Willie's near Virginia Avenue and Colorado Boulevard at approximately 2:51 a.m. on Sunday.

Police said the small group of people involved in the shooting fled before officers arrived.

shooting at Shotgun Willie's
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According to a spokesman with the Glendale Police Department, staff at the establishment denied entry to a group of four or five people just prior to the shooting. Upon escorting the group outside of the front entrance area, a fight broke out and one of the patrons pulled out a gun.

The gunman allegedly fired multiple shots at staff members.

shooting at Shotgun Willie's
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One employee was struck by the gunfire. Police would not say where on the victim's body the bullet hit. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The building is equipped with surveillance camera. Investigators were reviewing video but had not provided images to the public.

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