Two males were injured when gunfire erupted late Saturday night in downtown Birmingham.

The shooting happened shortly before midnight in the 1600 block of Third Avenue North. Police said the victims were injured in a parking lot across the street from Levels nightclub.

North Precinct Sgt. Talana Brown said multiple shots were fired in a possible drive-by. One man was grazed on the nose and the other was shot in the groin area. At least four cars were struck as well.

Both men were taken to UAB Hospital.

Brown said she didn't know what the men were doing in the parking lot. The club had hosted a private party Saturday night and already had been closed about 30 minutes when the shooting happened.

Several of the cars in the parking lot belonged to club-goers but police said they don't yet know what sparked the shooting. The doors on one of the vehicle's was open and there was blood on the car, but Brown said she didn't yet know if one of the victims was in the car when he was shot or if he was trying to take cover.

It was the second shooting in just several hours downtown. About 8:15 p.m., one man was shot and another stabbed during an altercation in Linn Park. Police at that scene said the two men had injured each other.