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Deputies: 4 injured in shooting outside after-hours club on OBT

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Four people were injured Monday morning in a shooting outside an after-hours club in the Holden Heights neighborhood, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Several deputies were called at about 7 a.m. to the parking lot of Upstate Hall, which is at South Orange Blossom Trail and 41st Street.

Deputies said two victims, both men, were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with unknown injuries.

Two suspects -- a man and a woman -- were also taken to ORMC with gunshot wounds, deputies said.

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OBT was closed in the area for several hours after the shooting.

“The business is an after-hours club that has been on OCSO’s radar for the last few months for illegally selling alcohol after hours,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “It’s our understanding at this point that the business has no license to sell alcohol at any time.”

The Sheriff’s Office said that on Nov. 17, its After-Hours Club Strike Team conducted an operation during which undercover agents entered Upstate Hall, seeking to buy an alcoholic beverage.

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Investigators said they were able to buy two alcoholic-based drinks for $20 each on two separate occasions after 2 a.m.

They said they arrested Michellee Marie Pizarro Morales and Jose Luis Nieves Castro on charges of selling alcoholic beverages without a license.

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Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly, WFTV.com

Jason Kelly joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2014. He serves as the station's Digital Executive Producer.

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