Police
in Philadelphia are hoping that video of a man shooting up a strip club
with an AK-47 assault rifle over a DJ’s song selection will lead to his
arrest.
Investigators
on Wednesday said that 21-year-old Henry Pettigrew was being sought for
the May 11th shooting at Purple Orchid Gentleman’s Club.
Police said that bouncers at the club tried to remove him after he became angry because the DJ would not play his favorite song.
Pettigrew
and an accomplice then assaulted a customer, who they mistook for one
of the bouncers. When the customer ran to the parking lot and tried to
flee in his SUV, Pettigrew grabbed an AK-47 and began firing at the
vehicle. The customer was hit above his right hip and was expected to
recover.
“Fortunately
where it hit him, it hit the flesh of his body and it didn’t hit any
vital organs,” Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Lt. Johnny
Walker explained, according to WPVI.
The
video then showed Pettigrew falling — apparently due to intoxication —
as he tried to run back inside the strip club. The suspect fired several
rounds in the direction of the DJ. The DJ could be seen ducking for
cover as a bullet struck the mirror behind where his head had been.
“Just
wildly, obviously with an AK-47 with a banana clip, it can fire
multiple rounds at a high rate of speed very quickly,” Walker observed.
Pettigrew
was described as a 5’11″ tall black male, who weighs about 180 pounds
and has a thin beard. His accomplice was also a black male, thought to
be between 20 and 25 years old and about 5’10″.
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