Dispute at Gentleman's Club Leads to Shooting

By City News Service

A 26-year-old man was critically wounded Friday morning when he was shot during a dispute with another man outside a club in Canoga Park, police said.

The shooting happened around 3:10 a.m. in the 8200 block of Canoga
Avenue, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's
Media Relations Section.

Eisenman said the two men began arguing inside the Xposed Gentleman's Club and then went into the parking lot, where the male suspect went to his car and opened fire on the victim, striking him in the torso. The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition, she said.

The gunman fled in a 2008 silver Toyota Camry and remained at large, Eisenman said.

It was unclear if the shooting was gang-related, she said.

The club, along with the Wet Spot Bar, located next to it, were the subject of an August zoning hearing to consider either revocation of the businesses and or placing strict conditions for conducting business at both locations.

"The businesses have been an ongoing problem for the Los Angeles Police Department with frequent crimes and arrests that deplete the Department's resources," according to Senior Lead Officer Alex Padron of the Topanga Community Police Station prior to the hearing.