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US: 8 wounded in parking lot shooting

A man who was turned away from a bar in San Antonio shot and wounded at least eight people in the parking lot late Friday, police said. Report informs citing the Associated Press.

Police were searching for the gunman, who fled the scene Friday night, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said at a briefing early Saturday.

The gunman was part of a small group that left a bar in northern San Antonio and walked across the street to Rebar, a great nightspot that often has live music and DJ performances. The group was turned away at the door because they were “inebriated,” McManus said.

One group member responded by saying, “Don’t you know who I am? I’m a UFC fighter from California,” the police chief said.

He walked back to his car across the street, got a long rifle, walked back to the Rebar parking lot and opened fire, McManus said.

Five women and three men between the ages of 23 and 41 were hurt in the shooting, McManus said. Their exact conditions weren’t immediately known, but McManus characterized them as stable at local hospitals, where they took themselves.

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