Shooting at Maplewood nightclub leaves one in critical condition

BY ANDREW WRIGHT

An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after shots were fired at a Myth Live Nightclub in Maplewood on Friday night, according to WCCO.

The man was shot in the neck and taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, according to the Star Tribune. It is not clear if the man's identity has been revealed. The shooting occurred after a fight broke out in the nightclub.

Lil Baby and Blueface were performing at the nightclub where the shooting occurred, and reported numbers estimated about 1,800 people were in attendance.

The person who shot the man in the nightclub has not been arrested, and it's unsure whether the man who was shot was the intended victim.

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