Pierre Clervoyant was among three people killed in Irvington strip club shooting (credit: CBS 2) Pierre Clervoyant was among three people killed in Irvington strip club shooting (credit: CBS 2)

IRVINGTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Crime didn’t take a holiday early Christmas morning.

Five people were shot just after midnight outside Slick’s GoGo Bar on Nye Avenue and 21st Street in Irvington, N.J.

“It appears the gunman was trying to enter the bar armed and was stopped by the bouncer,” said Chief Anthony Ambrose of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

The man then apparently opened fire.