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Editor's Note: A club employee was hit in the elbow during the altercation. An earlier version of this item incorrectly reported that he had been shot in the elbow.

PROVIDENCE -- The Providence police are investigating a Sunday shooting outside the Cadillac Lounge that left at least two people injured, the police said.

Maj. Thomas F. Oates III, commander of the investigative division, said the police were called to the Charles Street gentleman's club around 2:10 a.m. Sunday and found a bloody sneaker, a T-shirt and bloody spots on the ground.

Witnesses told officers the shooter had left in a white van.

Club employee Leonard Macari, 24, of Providence, was hit in the elbow with a crowbar, Oates said. Macari told the police he was involved in a fight with as many as six people and heard a shot, but did not see who had fired it.

At about 6:30 a.m., the Providence police got a call from Brockton, Mass., detectives about a second shooting victim who sought treatment at Brockton Hospital.

Luis Rivera, 26, of Brockton, was shot once in the leg, just below the knee, Oates said. Rivera did not cooperate with officers. Another male who was with Rivera at the hospital and who identified himself as Rivera's cousin to officers said he was warming up a car waiting for Rivera and heard the gunshot but did not see the shooter.

The incident has been referred to the Providence Board of Licenses for review.

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donna greco said:

I think you should retrack the statement about Leonard Macari being shot He was not shot..That statement is incorrect and caused alot of anguish in my family

Link | January 6, 2009 7:40 PM
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leah said:

SHUT THE DAMN CLUB DOWN..

Link | January 6, 2009 9:01 PM
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