Two wounded in shooting in Azusa night club parking lot

AZUSA -- Police are asking the public's help in tracking down three men who shot and wounded a security guard and a patron after opening fire in the parking lot of an Azusa night club early Sunday.
The shooting was reported about 1:45 a.m. at the D Club, 975 W. Foothill Boulevard, Azusa police Lt. Steve Hunt said in a written statement.
Prior to the shooting, one of the suspects began causing a disturbance inside the club and was asked to leave along with two other men, Hunt said.
Security guards escorted the men to their white sedan in the north parking lot of the club, police said, where the three suspects began to argue with another group of men.
"The three subjects were told to leave the property and they accelerated away rapidly for a short distance," Hunt said.
"The vehicle slowed and one of the occupants in the vehicle pointed a gun at the crowd and fired several shots."
A security guard was shot in the abdomen and another man, a club patron, was shot in the arm, police said. They were both hospitalized for treatment of their injuries and expected to recover.
No further information about the shooting was release due to the ongoing investigation, Lt. Mike Bertelsen said.
"(Detectives) are still actively working this case," he said.
Hunt said investigators are hoping help from the public, and a cell phone possibly left behind by one of the suspects, may help lead to their capture.
"One of the suspects involved may have lost his cellular phone in the night club prior to the shooting," he said. "It appears the phone has not been located. We are asking if anyone found a cellular phone in the D Club last night that they turn it in to the Azusa Police Department."
Witnesses or anyone with information is also asked to contact Azusa police.
D Club representatives could not be reached for comment Sunday. A voicemail system for the club was full and unable to accept new messages.
Sunday's shooting was not the first violence to occur outside the D Club in recent weeks.
Police jailed four men Aug. 27 after they allegedly punched a 19-year-old woman in the face and robbed her of her purse and cell phone as she walked on a sidewalk outside the club about 1:30 a.m.