Five people were shot and wounded early Sunday inside a packed San Jose nightclub that was hosting a visit from R&B star Chris Brown. The shooting sent the crowd into a panic, with many ducking for cover and jamming club exits.
"There was screaming, pushing and running," said Edgar Jimenez, a bartender at the Fiesta nightclub who ducked under the bar at the nightclub told the Mercury News. "Of course I was scared, because you're in the middle of a shooting."
Police added the victims are expected to survive. Brown was not injured. Several people were detained in the aftermath of the shooting but would not release additional details.
According to promotional materials and event attendees, Brown was at the nightclub as part of a VIP birthday event with celebrants including the singer's manager. DJs Big Von and Black Marc of iHeartMedia's Hip-Hop station KMEL 106.1 FM were advertised as providing music for the event.
Some celebrants captured the panic inside the nightclub and quickly posted the videos and audio recordings on social media, where news media picked them up. In the videos, Brown is seen performing when shots are heard and a scramble ensues inside the venue.
The Fiesta usually features live Mexican "banda" music, a western genre featuring brass and percussion, but the venue occasionally hosts rhythm-and-blues and hip-hop performers.
On Sunday morning, the grimy parking lot around the boxy nightclub was strewed with the signs of panic -- broken cocktail glasses and abandoned scarves and women's high-heeled shoes. Several celebrants who had dropped their car keys, purses or identification cards in the rush to get out showed up in the morning to retrieve them, only to be told they could not enter the crime scene.
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