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Police seek man in shooting outside S. Phila. strip club

Police were searching Thursday for a 25-year-old man suspected of shooting another man in the neck outside a South Philadelphia strip club early in the morning.

Police were searching Thursday for a 25-year-old man suspected of shooting another man in the neck outside a South Philadelphia strip club early in the morning.

Kyle Carter, who has possible addresses in the 600 block of Rosalie Street in Crescentville and the 7300 block of Sommers Road in West Oak Lane, was identified by police as the alleged gunman outside Club Onyx, at 2908 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd.

At 2:11 a.m. Thursday, Carter was involved in a large argument outside the club when he pulled a gun and shot a 26-year-old man in the neck, police said.

The victim was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

The gunman fled in a large white or silver SUV, police said.

Authorities ask that anyone with information on his location call the South Detective Division at 215-686-3013 or the police tip line at 215-686-8477 (TIPS).

Club Onyx bills itself as "the city's largest premiere urban gentlemen's club," with 25,000 square feet of space, including, "two stages, a celebrity room, sports bar, and an ultra-exclusive VIP room."

The club is just south of the Walt Whitman Bridge.