Troy

Police are investigating a shooting that happened at what appeared to be a private party at the now-closed Kokopellis bar and nightclub early Sunday.

Troy police said they were contacted by a person who had been at the bar on Fourth Street who said there was a person who was shot and had been taken by someone else to a Troy hospital. Upon further investigation, it was learned that there was a private gathering at the bar, which officially closed on New Year's Eve, and that a person was shot. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The victim, in his mid-30s, was located at St. Mary's Hospital. He has since been released. Police on Sunday said they were obtaining a search warrant for the bar, as well as for a vehicle connected to the investigation. They said that Kokopellis co-owner Joseph Glick was at the bar at the time of the shooting, but "has thus far been uncooperative in the investigation."

Glick couldn't be reached for comment Sunday.

It was a year ago that a video was leaked that showed police beating a man with a baton as they were trying to clear Kokopellis of patrons.

Eight police officers were injured and five people were arrested following the Jan. 25, 2014 brawl. Reports said the incident started when staff tried to close the club because some patrons were smoking marijuana, and the crowd, estimated at about 100, became unruly and began fighting among themselves and with club staff. The case was one of a handful of alleged incidents of police brutality that were referred to the U.S. Department of Justice by the Troy African American Pastoral Alliance. The Troy Citizens Complaint Board, which reviews complaints about the police department, was founded in the wake of the incident.

When Kokopellis — which takes its name from a Native American fertility deity — opened in spring 2012, it was billed as having a sports bar on the first floor, a dance club on the second and a hip lounge on the third floor. Niskayuna native Glick works as a disc jockey under the name DJ Joey G and began his career as an entertainer working at Starburst roller skating rink in Clifton Park.

A week ago, Glick posted a statement about Kokopellis' closure on the club's door, saying that police harassment in the wake of the January 2014 bar brawl contributed to the bar being shuttered. The owners last year filed a notice of claim warning the city that it would sue over police actions such as constantly parking patrol cars in front of the business and having patrons towed.

"Owners Barry and Joe Glick spoke out against the Troy Police Department for their actions, and since that time they felt they have been targeted and harassed," the statement said. "After being open for a little over three years, the owners realize that the emotional support of the community just isn't enough to sustain business: it takes active presence. There will be some people and businesses that will be pleased with the closing of a fine upscale nightclub; however, the problems that plague the city of Troy are not going to go away because Kokopellis is closed."

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