Three people were shot and killed and another injured by a dissatisfied patron of a strip club in Alabama late Thursday, police say.
Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes told NBC News the shooting happened at Teasers, a topless nightclub outside of Dothan, Ala.
Police arrested the alleged shooter, Ryan Clark Petersen, 22, at 7:30 a.m. CT and charged him with three counts of capital murder and one count of attempted murder.
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Authorities received a call about a shooting around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. When deputies arrived on scene, they found four people who had been shot.
Hughes said that a dispute erupted in the club after Petersen complained about a dancer's performance and began touching her. A club employee asked Petersen to leave and escorted him outside. Petersen then allegedly went to his car and retrieved a handgun and reentered the night club and opened fire.
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The victims of the shooting included one of the club’s female dancers, a male employee and a male patron.
Hughes said police are not releasing the names of the victims until their families have been notified.
The nightclub, in the Wicksburg community just west of Dothan, is about 100 miles southeast of Montgomery.
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