Tampa, Florida -- Tampa Police are investigating an early morning shooting at Club Manilla in the area of East 7th Avenue and 27th Street, several blocks east of Ybor City.

Officers on scene tell 10 News five people were shot in the east parking lot just after the club's closing hour at 2:30am. There were as many as 1,000 people attending the Monday Ladies Night event.

21-year-old Jamarl Rochard Pringle is listed in serious, but stable condition. Four other victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. Tampa Police identify the four as Reginald McCray, William Taft Lillie, Novrisw Jermaine Heflin and Ernest Leroy Everett III. Three victims took themselves to area hospitals, according to police.

The gunman is still on the run.

Investigators are interviewing numerous witnesses and are reviewing surveillance video from the club's security cameras.

Police say it appears it started with a shoving match inside the club, spilling over into the parking lot where the gunshots were fired.

Given the timeframe of the surveillance video, police believe it's likely the gun was brought inside the club by the gunman.

'It is against the law in the state of Florida to bring a gun into a bar and it is the bar owner's responsibility to make sure that guns do no get inside," TPD spokeswoman Laura McElory told 10 News. "In this particular case, they did wand individuals, however in past cases where we've had troublesome bars, we've also found that there were some troublesome security measures where they don't have proper training in wanding, where they may pay off the bouncer to get in without wanding, where they get let into the back door because they're VIP's."

Police say Club Manilla has been a problem bar for several years. There were two off duty police officers hired by the club in addition to Club Manilla's own security staff on duty at the time of the shooting.

Police say they also had several on duty officers patrolling the area at closing time, as they often do on the busy Monday nights for the East Tampa club that sits primarily in an industrial area.

Club Manilla is about seven blocks down 7th Avenue from the problem plagued Club Empire where 20-year-old Leslie Jones was shot and killed and another man wounded last month. The owners of Club Empire announced last week they are shutting down the club.

Jones killer has still not been found.

When asked if Club Manilla is taking the overflow, Tampa Police could not say for sure. Monday nights are traditionally busy nights for Club Manilla, so last night's crowds were not out of the ordinary, police said.

McElroy says TPD will be reaching out to the owners of Club Manilla to review their security procedures.