Six people were injured in a shooting at a south suburban nightlub early this morning.
The shooting happened about 1 a.m. at Mr. Ricky's 141 Club, 14141 Chicago Rd. in Dolton. Police confirmed the shooting took place in the nightclub but provided no other details. Among those injured was a security guard at the club, witnesses said.
Six people were shot inside the club as customers broke glass to escape, officials said. Witnesses said at least two people were seen firing weapons.
People from the nightclub took cover behind parked cars to shield themselves from the gunfire, witnesses said.
"Somebody broke a window out with a chair and that was basically everyone in the back's escape route because the front door was crowded," Jamar Johnson, a patron, said.
In 2009, two people who had been at Mr. Ricky’s earlier in the evening were shot and killed near the nightclub in separate slayings, one in February and one in November.
The club owner has told the Tribune in the past that there are close to fifty security cameras both inside and outside the club.
Thirty squad cars and five ambulances responded to the scene along with Illinois State Police
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