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Six people injured by single gunshot at Portsmouth nightclub

The nightclub's owner told us the shot was fired by a security guard after someone reached for a gun.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Six people were injured in a shooting incident at a Portsmouth nightclub overnight, but according to police, only one shot was fired.

A spokesperson for Portsmouth Police said this happened at around 1:45 a.m. at the Notorious Lounge, which is located in the Manor Village Shopping Center on Portsmouth Boulevard near Hodges Ferry Rd. They determined that some sort of altercation had taken place and that a security guard was injured, then fired his weapon.

The spokesperson said the victims were three men and three women, and they all had "non-life-threatening gunshot wounds," from which they're all expected to make full recoveries

We spoke to the club's owner, who told us that the shot was fired by a security guard after someone reached for a gun. The owner said that person was able to walk out and drive themselves to the hospital.

The spokesperson didn't explain how six people were injured by a single gunshot, saying only that they were in close proximity to the person who was shot and they were all treated for their injuries.

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