Update: 2 shot dead, 17 hurt after teen party
By: The Associated Press
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A Florida nightclub says a shooting that left two dead and 17 wounded broke out in the parking lot as parents picked up their children from a party for teens.
A posting on Club Blu’s Facebook page says it was trying to give the teens "a safe place to have a good time."
The post from the Fort Myers nightclub says armed security had been posted at the event inside and outside.
The club says the shooting happened as the club was closing.
Hospital officials say the victims range in age from 12 to 27.
Police in Fort Myers say the area around a deadly nightclub shooting has been deemed safe.
But in an e-mail, police Capt. Jim Mulligan says the street will remain closed as authorities investigate.
The shooting at Club Blu killed two people and as many as 17 people were shot early Monday.
Three people have been taken into custody.
The shooting comes more than a month after a nightclub shooting in Orlando that was the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
The shooting at the Pulse nightclub on June 12 left 49 victims dead and 53 others wounded.
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