The Montgomery City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to revoke the business licenses from Club Sky Bar and voted 7-1 to revoke the business license from After 5.

Since Sky Bar was put on probation in October, police responded to about 10 incidents at the establishment including a drive-by shooting. Sky Bar's terms of probation were also violated with a Dec. 4 robbery and assault.

Club Sky Bar owner Melinda Futrell approached the council to defend her business before her license was revoked.

"We are doing all we can as a business to keep problems down," Futrell said.

Futrell said the establishment has put thousands of dollars into making the establishment more secure. She's tried to keep violence under control, but the problem isn't the venue but crime in the city in general, she said.

"Almost every bar in the city has crime," Futrell said

Futrell argued that closing the club is not a solution to the city problems and Montgomery needs a nightlife.

"People deserve somewhere to go," Futrell said.

Before the council voted to revoke her license, Futrell said she was forming a committee to keep violent offenders away.

Nedra Allen, owner of After 5, also defended her business Tuesday saying After 5 and Sky Bar were separate businesses.

"We’re not Sky Bar," Allen said before the Council voted 7-1 to revoke her license.

Both establishments have the option of appealing the City Council's decision to a judge.

"We don't want people to think we’re closing down clubs. We’re not in the business to close down businesses. But we have to make sure your patrons and guests are safe inside and outside your establishment," Councilman Oronde Mitchell said after the vote to the Montgomery Advertiser.

According to a police memo, Amari Raye, who a Montgomery Police Department lieutenant identified as an owner of Sky Bar, and "Big Daddy," a Sky Bar employee, are accused of assaulting and robbing another employee who was accused previously of breaking into the club.

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"Victim (employee) advised the he was robbed and assaulted by Amari Raye (Owner) and "Big Daddy" (another employee) after being accused of previously breaking into the club. Victim advised he was forced into the trunk of a vehicle and later escaped and fled to MPD south central," a memo from Lt. R. E. Tucker of the MPD reads.

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Jan. 8, Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley said Raye was connected to both Sky bar and After 5, which is located at 3637 Debby Drive. After 5 has an adjoining hallway to Sky Bar. MPD Major R.J. Harris told the City Council during a work session Tuesday there was a crime incident associated with After 5.

Sky bar, at 3627 Debby Drive, received a six-month probationary period in early October after alleged stabbings, shootings, underage drinking and more than 100 police calls in 2019.

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Three people were shot inside Sky Bar on Sept. 16, and people standing in line were struck by gunfire July 14, according to a memo from MPD.

In September, one of three victims of a shooting that occurred within Sky Bar filed a lawsuit against Futrell for negligence and failing to keep customers safe inside her establishment.

A memo from Harris said Sky Bar's private security personnel overcharged people who were underage so they could get into the bar.

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Sara MacNeil can be reached at smacneil@montgome.gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter.