A fight broke out at a 24 Hour Fitness in Brentwood, California, early Thursday morning, which escalated to gunfire, leaving one dead and three injured, police said.
According to reports, an altercation broke out inside and continued into the gym’s parking lot before a gun was drawn. Shots were fired, and one was killed on the scene, whose identity has not yet been released. The other three victims are reportedly being treated at area hospitals, and their conditions are currently unknown.
Updates have been provided on Twitter by journalist Ryan Curry, who reported the initial scene by posting a photo of the police presence at the gym parking lot on Thursday morning. “We just got to the scene of a large police presence at a 24 Hour fitness in Brentwood,” Curry wrote. “The whole parking lot is blocked off.”
BREAKING: We just got to the scene of a large police presence at a 24 Hour fitness in Brentwood. The whole parking lot is blocked off. pic.twitter.com/3qEJl37khX
— Ryan Curry (@RyanCurryTV) August 11, 2022
In another tweet, Curry posted a photo of red circles drawn on the pavement, writing, “All over the parking lot are these. Evidence markers. There are LOTS of these.”
Local station KTVU reported that the fight may have begun on the basketball court in the fitness center around 2 a.m.
The Brentwood Police have said that this is an isolated incident, and there may have been at least two suspects. At this time, no arrests have been made.
The police posted on their Facebook on Thursday that the parking lot is open again and the scene is clear after their investigation, but the gym may remain closed for a few more hours.
Newsweek reached out to the Brentwood Police Department and the 24 Hour Fitness for additional comment.
Similar Recent Incidents
In recent months, several public altercations have quickly escalated to gunfire. In late July, a fight broke out at a wedding reception in Philadelphia where a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg.
In June, a teen was shot and killed and another injured after a fight broke out in a parking lot of a Kroger shopping center in DeKalb County in Georgia. The police said that the shooters in the parking lot were in a similar altercation that same night when gunfire erupted outside of Grady Memorial Hospital. One was killed and another injured in that incident as well.
The victim killed in front of the Kroger shopping center was 16-year-old Dyshea Hall, who was a member of a dance team known as Ms. D’s Dancing Dolls. The team was featured on the Lifetime reality series, Bring It!
And more recently, on August 3, a man was shot in the head at close range while working out at a gym in San Antonio, Texas.
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