HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Huntsville police are searching for suspects in a shooting outside the Bench Warmer at 1818 University Drive that left a 20-year-old woman dead and a 20-year-old man injured, according to police.

Police said they will charge the person or persons who killed the woman and injured the man with murder and attempted murder.



Police said a fight broke out just before 2 a.m. in the club and continued into the parking lot. Police said two people were leaving the club's parking lot when shots were fired and the man and woman hit.

Police told WHNT News 19 a bullet went through the back windshield of the car, hitting the female passenger in the back of the head. Police said the uninjured driver called 911 and drove to Red Lobster, 1811 University Drive, and waited there for emergency responders.

Police said the woman was pronounced dead at Red Lobster and the man was transported to Huntsville Hospital for treatment of his non-life threatening injuries. Don Webster, chief operating officer for HEMSI, said the man was transported with gunshot wounds.

Later, police were called to a wreck that police believe is connected to the shooting, WHNT reported. On Crestview Drive, a Chevrolet Impala hit a light pole, just a few blocks from the Bench Warmer, WHNT reported.



Witnesses told police that someone picked up the driver of the wrecked car, WHNT reported.



Butch Cassidy, owner of the club, said this morning he wasn't working Wednesday night and is trying to gather details of the incident. He said this was the first shooting incident at the club since it opened in 1990.

Asked about the shooting victims being under the age of 21, Cassidy said patrons are allowed in a club if they're 19 or older but can't drink alcohol.

Police are still looking for the suspects in the case. The case is under investigation.

*Updated at 8:23 a.m. with details from police on the shooting

* Updated at 11:03 a.m. with a photo and comments from the club's owner.