Shots were fired at closing time outside a private club in northwest Paris.
Police reported 70 calls for service on Monday. Six were theft calls, one was a reported burglary of a business, one was a reported burglary of an automobile, and wasa reported theft of an automobile.
Club Ice, located at the northwest corner of Northwest Seventh and Shiloh, was closing at 2 a.m. Sunday when two women got into a fight and were escorted out of the club by security, officials told the Paris Police Department.
While the security officer was walking back into the club, he told police, he heard about five gun shots fired by two people with semi-automatic rifle.
The security officer said one individual fired into the ground, and the other into the air. He said both individuals, who he believed to be from out of town, then left the scene, he added.
No injuries were reported, and there was no known property damage.
Officer Curtis Garrett, information officer for the Paris Police Department, said the Criminal Investigation Division was called to the scene, and investigation was continuing.
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By CHARLES RICHARDS
eParisExtra.com
Charles Richards Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.
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