SAN BERNARDINO >> What had been seen as a violent, gang-related melee at a nightclub that ended with seven people shot became personal on Thursday as wider communities learned the names of those killed and one man was arrested in the shooting.

A third victim, local basketball coach and one-time star player Te’Ron “T.K.” Reed, 33, of San Bernardino, died at 5:05 a.m., police said. The night before, police released the names of two San Bernardino men who were pronounced dead on arrival, Petetrial Michael Scott and Jerry Jamale Jackson.

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One other person remained hospitalized in critical condition Thursday, and the remaining three were treated and released, police said.

Nine people have now died of homicide in the city this year, police said, all connected “in one way or another” to gang or drug violence.

“The San Bernardino Police Department is not tolerant of gang activity and has heightened its gang enforcement,” police Lt. Rich Lawhead said in a written statement. “Our residents will be safe.”

But the implication that all those involved were criminals is false and hurtful, said George Wrighster, a longtime friend of Reed’s who was one of many spreading condolences on social media.

“He wasn’t a gang member, he wasn’t in a motorcycle gang, and there’s no reason he should have been shot,” said Wrighster, who become Reed’s friend when he was 15 and has stayed close since. “He was a father, he was a good guy, he was a trainer for sports — he cared about all the kids that he trained.”

Reed had two young children of his own, Wrighster said.

Wrighster and Reed both grew up in a San Fernando Valley neighborhood infested with gangs, Wrighster said, but made a commitment to each other that they would stay away from that.

Instead, both focused on sports — Wrighster going on to play at the University of Oregon and the National Football League before becoming a radio host, Reed becoming a standout point guard at Cal State San Bernardino.

A first-team all-conference and all-Western Region basketball player, Reed remains the Coyotes’ all-time leader in assists, with 396, and steals, with 145, according to the school’s statistics.

After graduating, Reed coached at CSUSB, the West Coast Premiere Nike girls travel team and was working as basketball coach at Corona-based Adrenaline Athletic Academy, according to a biography on that school’s website.

Vincent Malone, a 30-year-old San Bernardino resident, was being held in custody at Central Detention Center in San Bernardino on suspicion of murder, according to booking records.

Meanwhile, detectives have been aggressively working the case around the clock, authorities said.

As of Thursday evening, no other suspects had been arrested, and police were asking for witnesses to come forward by calling the Police Department at 909-384-5742.

Late Tuesday, gang members weren’t allowed into Stringers Bar and Nightclub because members of a rival gang, the Deuces Motorcycle Club, were inside, police said, citing witness statements.

The people who were denied access loitered in the parking lot until officers arrived and asked them to leave, according to police.

Hours later, as people were leaving the club at 1:36 a.m., security called police because the banished gang members had returned to the south side establishment.

Eleven minutes later shots rang out.

At the time, 150 to 200 people were in the club’s parking lot at 194 Club Center Drive, Lawhead said. People started running, and several cars collided.

Soon after, another shooting was reported down the street, at the Arco AM/PM gas station on Waterman Avenue, just south of the 10 Freeway. A white, four-door sedan was seen at both locations.

Staff Writer Doug Saunders contributed to this report.