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Authorities: 2 killed, 17 shot at Florida nightclub

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AP Fort Myers (US)
Authorities say two people have been killed and more than a dozen shot at a nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida.

Capt Jim Mulligan of the Fort Myers Police Department told WINK-TV as many as 17 people have been shot in the early today shooting at Club Blu.

Mulligan told the station three people have been taken into custody and that there are two active crime scenes.

The shooting comes more than a month after a nightclub shooting in Orlando that was the deadliest shooting in modern US history.

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First Published: Jul 25 2016 | 3:48 PM IST

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