A 22-year-old man opened fire at a car, then turned the gun on himself outside a downtown Gainesville nightclub late Sunday night.
At about 11:40 p.m., Gainesville Police officers responded to several calls about gunfire near the Simon’s Nightclub & Entertainment on South Main Street, GPD spokesman Ben Tobias said.
One of the callers said the gunman, whose name was not released by police, had shot himself.
Witnesses told Officer Anton Lipski the man shot at a black Nissan Altima, which was headed south.
Police found the man lying in the street with a gunshot wound to his head. A Glock handgun lay next to him and bullet casings were scattered around his body.
GPD officers gave the man, who was still alive, first aid until an ambulance took him to Shands at UF.
Tobias said officers later found the car, which had three bullet holes on the hood and on the passenger’s side fender. Police dogs tracked the car from Southwest Second Street back to the original crime scene.
Three witnesses inside the car told police the man walked out onto the street and started shooting at them, Tobias said.
The man died from his wound early Monday morning at the hospital, Tobias said.
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Gainesville Police officers inspect a black Nissan Altima outside of Club Decadence, located off Southwest Second Avenue. The car was involved in a shooting on Sunday night.
