Two dead and two more injured after a shootout on the south side of the city

A fight in a parking lot in the 5400 block of S. Staples Street leaves two dead and two more hospitalized after a shootout between those involved.

According to the Corpus Christi Police Department, police were called at 2:37 a.m. Sunday to a call about a shooting with injuries.

When officers arrived, they found two gunshot victims, a 20-year-old Hispanic man and a 20-year-old black man, both dead at the scene. A third person, a 26-year-old Hispanic man, drove himself to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two hours later, a fourth person involved also arrived at another local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives discovered that the fight started in the parking lot and then escalated into a shootout between those involved. CCPD says they do not believe this was a random act of violence.

Corpus Christi police say this is an ongoing investigation and detectives are asking if anyone was at the club or has video when the incident occurred to come forward and contact detectives at 361-886-2840.

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