A woman is dead after a heated dispute at a strip club in northwest Miami-Dade ended in a shootout with a security guard early Friday, officials said.
Miami-Dade Police officials said the incident unfolded at Club Climaxxx at 12001 Northwest 27th Avenue around 3:20 a.m.
Police said several individuals were engaged in a heated dispute inside of the establishment which then continued outside in the parking lot.
“An armed security guard that works for the establishment attempted to diffuse the situation, as is his job," Miami-Dade Police Det. Andre Martin said.
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Martin said a woman who had been involved in the dispute got in the back seat of a car, pulled out a gun and fired a shot at the guard.
The guard returned fire, hitting the woman as she was in the back seat of the car, Martin said.
The driver of the vehicle drove away and parked at 27th Avenue and Northwest 103rd Street, where officers found the woman inside of the vehicle.
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She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police later identified her as 32-year-old Shaynea Chantile Johnson.
Video captured at the scene shows Miami-Dade Police surrounding a sedan that was riddled with apparent bullet holes throughout and the woman inside.
The guard wasn't injured in the incident, Martin said.
NBC6 spoke to a woman at the club who said she was picking up her daughter when she heard several shots fired.
“The gun violence has to stop," the woman said. "I mean, innocent people are getting killed, and so forth and so on. It’s very sad.”
Police said they're still investigating the shooting.
"At this time detectives are interviewing all parties involved, however we're not discrediting that there may be more persons involved," Martin said.
This is a developing story. Check back with NBC6 for updates.
