In what is being described as the worst mass shooting in the history of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 10 people were shot last night as they exited a nightclub around 2am. Fortunately, all are expected to survive:
Update: Allentown Police Captain Bill Lake says 10 people were shot as they were leaving& outside Deja Vu nightclub just before 2AM. All expected to survive, most still hospitalized in biggest mass shooting in recent time Morning Call reports. @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/dL2XC0fVRX
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) June 20, 2019
USA TODAY – At least 10 people were wounded early Thursday as shots were fired on patrons leaving a nightclub in Allentown, Pennsylvania, according to local media reports.
Allentown police Capt. Bill Lake said all the victims were expected to survive, according to The Morning Call newspaper and WFMZ.
Tashana Santiago, a witness who lives near the Deja Vu club, told the newspaper that many in the frightened crowd ran to a nearby shopping center as shots rang out just before 2 a.m. EST. After the last few shots were fired, Santiago said, she heard a car speeding away.
“When everything went silent all you could hear is the screaming and panicking,” Santiago told the Morning Call. “All I could think was someone is dying.”
CNN is reporting now that police are looking for “multiple shooters”:
All 10 people shot outside an Allentown, Pennsylvania, nightclub early Thursday are expected to survive as police look for what they believe are multiple shooters https://t.co/WQxAKKo5ue pic.twitter.com/7DIUJR3YPQ
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 20, 2019