Man killed in shooting outside nightclub

A man was shot and killed outside a northeast Charlotte nightclub early Sunday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

Luis Manuel Rodriguez Contreras, 21, had just been escorted out of La Zima Bar Mexicano, near Eastway Drive and North Tryon, by bar security. There had been an altercation inside, police said, and several people left with Contreras.

He was with several other club patrons in the parking lot at about 12:55 a.m. when the shooting occurred.

Contreras was shot at least once in the chest. When police arrived, they found him unconscious. Paramedics pronounced him dead in the parking lot.

Police are looking for several men who left the scene in a white, 1998 Cadillac sedan with tinted windows. They didn’t release a detailed description of the men.

Anyone with information should call 704-432-TIPS and speak with CMPD Detective T. Burkard or call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.