BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Two Birmingham men are charged with capital murder in connection with a robbery and deadly shootout near a downtown nightclub early Sunday.

Those charged are Steven Dunning, 22, and Roderick Robinson, 28. They are charged in the death of 26-year-old Vincent Perez Chancellor.

Dunning is in stable condition at UAB after he was shot during the 5 a.m. incident. He is under police guard at UAB Hospital, said Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards.

Robinson is being held without bond at the Jefferson County Jail.

Authorities said Chancellor and his girlfriend had just left the Platinum Club at 821 Second Avenue North. It was about 5 a.m.

As the couple was getting into their car in a private parking lot in the 700 block of Second Avenue North, Dunning approached them and demanded their money. Chancellor retrieved his gun from his car, and the two exchanged gunfire. Chancellor was shot twice in the leg.

He was found inside his car a short distance away in the 200 block of 17th Street North, near Birmingham Police Department headquarters. Dunning also fled in scene, in a silver vehicle, but was brought to UAB Hospital shortly after the shooting occurred. He also had been shot several times, Edwards said.

Robinson drove Dunning to the hospital, police said.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call homicide investigators 205- 254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205- 254-7777.