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Police said 17 people were hurt in a shooting early Saturday after a dispute at a downtown Little Rock nightclub. The city's police chief said officers suspect multiple people fired weapons but that the incident was not terror-related. The shooting happened at the Power Ultra Lounge, a club in a two-story building downtown about 1 mile (1.61 kilometer) east of the state Capitol. Police cordoned off the block as crime-scene technicians gathered evidence from inside and outside the club. Glass from the club's second story windows littered the ground, along with empty drink cups. "We do NOT believe this incident...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock police say they are investigating a shooting at an Arkansas nightclub that left at least 17 people injured. Little Rock police chief Kenton Buckner told KTHV that the shooting early Saturday at the Power Lounge appears to have happened after "some sort of dispute broke out between people inside." Police say via Twitter that all 17 victims, some of whom suffered injuries while fleeing, are alive and one victim who was previously listed in critical condition is now stable.