Shooting on REDWOOD STREET, BALTIMORE, MD

03/04/2010. GARDNER SAID THAT ONLY BETWEEN 200 AND 300 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE VELVET ROPE WHEN TWO MEN STARTED PUSHING AND SHOVING EACH OTHER. HE SAID THE SECURITY GUARD QUICKLY BROKE UP THE FRACAS BEFORE ANY PUNCHES WERE THROWN AND EJECTED ONE PATRON THROUGH A DOOR LEADING TO CALVERT STREET AND THE OTHER, 20 MINUTES LATER, THROUGH A DOOR ONTO REDWOOD STREET. HE SAID GUARDS ESCORTED BOTH MEN TO A STREET 1,000 FEET FROM THE CLUB, WHERE THEIR JURISDICTION ENDS. HE SAID THERE WERE DOZENS OF CITY POLICE OFFICERS IN THE AREA "TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS SAFE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT." THE ATTORNEY SAID OFFICERS PUSHED THE EJECTED PATRONS EVEN FURTHER AWAY. "AT THAT POINT THEY'RE OUT OF SIGHT AND WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE'S ACTIONS," GARDNER SAID. "THERE IS NO WAY THIS CLUB IS IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE. THE SHOOTING DIDN'T HAPPEN INSIDE THE CLUB. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CLUB. SECURITY DID EVERYTHING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO." GARDNER, AS OTHER ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS HAVE LONG COMPLAINED, SAID IT IS UNFAIR THAT THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS GET BLAMED FOR VIOLENCE THAT OCCURS AWAY FROM THEIR FRONT DOORS. POLICE COUNTER THAT THE FIGHTS TYPICALLY START INSIDE THE CLUB AND END UP OUTSIDE ON THE STREETS, ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC, AND THAT BAR OWNERS MUST SHARE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY. GARDNER SAID CLUB OWNERS WERE MEETING THURSDAY MORNING AND THAT "THERE'S GOING TO BE A DRASTIC CHANGE" IN SECURITY, POSSIBLY EVEN A NEW COMPANY, TO KEEP BETTER ORDER. "THEY MIGHT REPLACE THE ENTIRE COMPANY OR KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM," THE ATTORNEY SAID. View Source.