At least five people are injured' as gunman opens fire in Purple Haze nightclub in Memphis
Footage posted on Facebook shows the area on lockdown as police moved in
The shooting took place at the Purple Haze nightclub in downtown Memphis
Local media reported that four people have been injured in the mass shooting
At least five people have been injured as a gunman opened fire at a nightclub in Memphis in the early hours of Monday morning.
The shooting was said to have occurred at the Purple Haze nightclub in the downtown area of the city just before 4am.
Video posted online shows police putting the area on lockdown as they attempt to deal with the unfolding situation.
The footage, posted by local media outlet WREG on their Facebook page, shows cops cordoning off both ends of a street and fire engines moving in beyond the barrier.
Fox13 reports that 'at least five people' have been injured so far and at least four ambulances were called to the scene.
The Memphis Fire Department revealed they had taken four victims to the Regional One hospital, and another to the city's Methodist hospital.
The Purple Haze nightclub was the scene of a deadly shooting in March this year when a woman died as she and her boyfriend were shot at the club.
Toshia 'Choosey Parker' Addison, 41, died April 2 at the Regional Medical Center after being shot on March 18. Her boyfriend survived.
Parker was a peace activist who had worked as an anti-gun violence campaigner.
Two men, 27-year-old Alan Neal and 43-year-old Frank Tuggle, have been charged in connection to the shooting.
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