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One person was killed and four others were wounded when a carload of armed assailants unleashed a barrage of more than 50 shots early Sunday morning on patrons outside a suburban Houston nightclub, police said.

Investigators are searching for witnesses and asking nearby businesses for surveillance video in what police described as a \"scary\" drive-by shooting involving multiple gunmen.

#BREAKING: About 50 shots were fired at multiple people standing outside of a club near FM 1960 & Greenwood Forest Dr. around 2 a.m. @SheriffEd_HCSO says 5 people (3 women & 2 men) were shot and 1 man has died. No suspects in custody yet. @abc13houston pic.twitter.com/0SC7GCNF7Q

— Rosie Nguyen (@RosieABC13) January 15, 2023

No arrests have been announced.

The shooting unfolded just outside a Touch Lounge nightclub in a shopping center in an unincorporated area northwest of Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said during a news conference as investigators behind him collected shell casings and searched for evidence in a parking lot outside the nightclub.

Update from shooting scene at 5121 FM 1960 W by Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/S9BSV2gtju

— HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) January 15, 2023

Gonzalez said patrons of the nightclub were milling around the parking lot, some lined up at a food truck, when the shooting erupted.

He said a vehicle pulled up to the front of the nightclub just after 2 a.m., and multiple occupants got out and began firing at the crowd of patrons.

\"It looks like over 50 shots were fired here, which is a very scary situation, considering there's a mobile food truck and again the number of patrons that were outside,\" Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said sheriff's deputies responded to the shooting and found two men and three women suffering from gunshot wounds. He said the victims were taken to area hospitals, where one of the wounded men was pronounced dead.

The names of those shot were not immediately released.

Gonzalez said deputies were canvassing the area for witnesses, adding that most fled the scene by the time deputies arrived.

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