Police had little new information yesterday about the shooting death of a 50-year-old man on Friday night, as detectives still searched for a suspect.

Police had little new information yesterday about the shooting death of a 50-year-old man on Friday night, as detectives still searched for a suspect.

McKinley Watson, whose last address appeared to be at the Clinton Court apartments in North Linden, fought with someone while sitting in a vehicle behind 1056 Oakwood Ave. on the South Side just minutes before 10 p.m., police said.

Watson was shot inside the vehicle and died a short time later. Witnesses said that a male ran away after the shooting. No one has been arrested.

Yesterday afternoon, crime-scene tape still stretched across the backyard as police guarded the home. Neighbors didn�t want to talk.

Public records show that Watson had lived in both Virginia and Texas in recent years.

The fatal shooting was the beginning of a busy night for Columbus police. Less than half an hour later, officers were called to another South Side location where four teenagers were hit in an apparent drive-by shooting.

Police said two 17-year-old boys, a 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy all were hit by the gunfire. Police did not give their names or the seriousness of their injuries � initial reports had at least two of them listed as critical � but said all were expected to survive.

Detectives said it all started after two rival groups � police did not identify them as gangs � squared off during a teen party inside an after-hours club called the After Dark Lounge at 1344 Parsons Ave.

After the fight, the party shut down and everyone had to leave, police said. The group of four walked south and stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Parsons and Frebis avenues when a car pulled alongside and someone fired.

Police said gunfire was exchanged and, based on the evidence, it was clear that the people inside the car were not the only ones shooting.

Yesterday, there was still a heavy police presence on several blocks of the neighborhood. Black and dark red curtains covered the windows of the club where police say it all started.

No one has said that the shootings were related.

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