CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A fight inside World Nightclub ends in a shooting overnight.

  • A shooting occurred after a fight inside World Nightclub in the Music Factory. 
  • CMPD says it started when employees tried to stop someone from drinking an open bottle of liquor.
  • An employee was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

The nightclub is located in the AvidXchange Music Factory (formerly NC Music Factory). 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say it all started when employees tried to stop one of the night’s performers from drinking from an open bottle of liquor, which is against state law.

Just before 2:00 a.m. Monday, several employees and people from the stage performance group got into a fight over the liquor bottle and a club employee was shot.

He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Several dozen CMPD officers were called to the scene to stop people involved in the fight from leaving and to break-up more fights that started in the parking lot.

It’s still early in the investigation the names of people being detained by police have not been released at this time.

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