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Lap dance gone wrong? Phily shooting.

shadowcat

Atlanta suburb

A gunman shot up a West Philadelphia strip bar Sunday, wounding two people, including one of the dancers, possibly after a lap dance gone wrong.

Police responded to La Pearl Lounge, in the 300 block of North 54th Street, about 8:30 p.m. and found a 38-year-old club bouncer shot in his back and a 32-year-old dancer shot in her face.

Both were treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and were in stable condition, police said.

"We're not quite sure what we have going on here yet," Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives said.

The dispute may have been sparked by a dancer jealous that her boyfriend had received a lap dance from another performer, Walker said.

At some point, the argument spilled onto the sidewalk, Walker said. The suspected shooter, who police say they believe had been in the club earlier in the night, complained that someone had slashed his tires.

Walker said that the man left and that someone fitting his description soon returned with a Tec-9 semiautomatic handgun. Patrons and employees rushed for cover as the gunman squeezed off three shots toward the front door then fled.

The bouncer was hit as he tried to run inside. The dancer was standing near the entrance when she was struck. She told police she saw the large gun, then a flash, and felt the bullet. It was not yet clear whom the gunman wanted to shoot or whether the victims were the targets, Walker said.

The shooter was described as a stocky man in his mid-30s, about 5-10, and wearing a burgundy hooded sweatshirt.