Man killed, 5 injured at strip club

SPRINGFIELD - A 24-year-old man was arrested after he came out of a bathroom at a strip club yesterday and fired a gun, killing one man, and injured several others, police said.

A State Police community action team was on patrol near Club 418 on Worthington Street when troopers saw people streaming out of the building in panic.

Nearby, they encountered Marcus J. Blanton of Springfield, who allegedly tossed a handgun away as troopers approached him, said Springfield police Lieutenant John Bobianski.

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