Two shot at celebrity club

Two people were shot when a gunman opened fire at a West End nightclub part-owned by actress Leslie Ash and her ex-footballer husband Lee Chapman.

A Security guard and a clubgoer were injured at the SO.UK Soho nightclub next to the Teatro private members' club in Shaftesbury Avenue.

The guard was not seriously injured, but the customer was last seen stumbling from the building clutching his stomach.

Police fear he could be badly hurt and have been checking hospitals across London. So far they have been unable to trace him.

The trouble started during an R'n'B night at the club at about 2am when a man began arguing with a barman.

After a security guard tried to settle the dispute, a fourth man fired two shots, hitting the security guard in the elbow and another man in the stomach.

Police were called and the guard, in his thirties, was taken to hospital.

Les Misérables actor Sean Kingsley, 36, was drinking in Teatro when he heard shots being fired next door. "Everyone was in a panic and people were shouting 'Close the doors, call the police'," he said.

"The lights came on in SO.UK and I could see people running for the exit. People were in shock. It was chaos."

Operation Trident, Scotland Yard's squad which deals with gun crime in the black community is investigating and forensic science officers were at the scene. A Yard spokesman appealed for witnesses and said the man shot in the stomach had injuries which could be life-threatening.

"We urge him to come forward," he added. "It appears the club had been hired out for the night and was being organised by promoters. It is not known whether the owners were there at the time."

SO.UK Soho's members include many celebrities. Charlotte Church threw a party there last year.

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