ST. PETERS, Mo. — An investigation is underway after a fight ended in a shooting outside a music venue in St. Peters early Tuesday morning.
At around 12:30 a.m., St. Peters police were called to Diamond Music Hall for a report of a shooting. Investigators said two people got into an altercation in the parking lot and one of them shot the other one.
The man who was shot suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
According to Diamond Music Hall’s Facebook page, there was a 50 Cent concert going on at the venue Monday night from 7 p.m. to midnight.
No other information about the shooting has been released.
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