Wow.. This is real sad…
Courtesy: nj.com
Three men were killed and two were injured in a shooting outside an Irvington strip club early on Christmas morning.
Police said that two or more suspects tried to enter Slick’s Go-Go Bar at around midnight and were stopped by a bouncer. He patted down one of the suspects and felt a gun.
The suspect then stepped back and shot the bouncer, according to a police source who asked not to be identified because the matter is still under investigation. The victim died of his injuries.
The shooter killed a second man outside the venue, a man sources say was related to the owner of the nightspot. A third man who died from gunshot wounds is thought to be friend of the suspects. It is not clear whether the third man was accidentally shot or if he was killed by a security person.
Two other men were wounded during the incident and taken to University Hospital in Newark. Early reports indicated that the suspects sped away from the club in a grey sedan.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Irvington Police Director Joseph Santiago said the Irvington Police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force were investigating the shooting.
Slick’s, at Nye Avenue & 21st Street, was hosting a theme party called Sluddie Tuesday. There have been at least two other shootings at Slick’s in recent years, including a 2010 incident that left one man dead.
Star-Ledger staff writer Lisa Rose contributed to this report.
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