Yolanda Jones

USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee

A popular East Memphis bowling alley says it's adding security after a shooting that injured four people Tuesday night.

The shooting started after a fight at Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes at 1576 S. White Station Road around 11:30 p.m..

According to a police report, the front desk clerk called police after a disturbance in the lobby escalated into a fight.

Investigators said a man left the bowling alley during the fight, went to a car and got a gun. He then fired into the building from the front door, according to a police incident report.

Police said a 26-year-old man was shot in the arm, a 23-year-old woman was shot in the leg as she ran to avoid the gunfire and another man was shot in the foot. Police said a fourth victim, a 26-year-old man, was grazed on the right shoulder by a bullet.

The victims were taken in noncritical condition to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.

"It is unknown at this point if the victims were the target of the assault or if they are known to the suspect," police said.

When the shooting started, an employee told police that he and other employees fled to the kitchen freezer.

Employees also told police that the man accused in the shooting is a regular customer at the bowling alley, coming to the business nightly.

The man fled before police arrived, and no arrest had been made Wednesday.

Billy Hardwick's issued a statement Wednesday about the shooting, calling it "strictly an isolated and personal incident."

"We take the safety of our customers and employees very seriously and in the 35 years we have been in business, nothing like this has ever happened," the business said in a statement issued through public relations firm SWN Communications.

In addition to existing security cameras and an armed security guard who came inside the building when the fight broke out, the business will be adding additional security guards and will implement a zero-tolerance policy "regarding any behavior that could potentially lead to violence."

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 901-528-2274.