R Place on Park was temporarily shut down after three people were injured in a shooting outside the Park Street bar Friday.
Due to a series of similar incidents involving weapons and violence outside R Place over the past months, city officials are currently considering revoking the license of its owner Roderick Flowers.
In the most recent incident, police said three men were ambushed while leaving R Place at 2:20 a.m. Friday morning. Two of them sustained gunshot wounds while one other man was injured by broken glass.
""The preliminary investigation suggests this was a targeted attack,"" Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement. ""Witnesses report hearing multiple gunshots.""
Flowers told the Capital Times Friday's shooting was ""sad and unfortunate"" but assured there was no connection between the incident and the R Place establishment.
""I think the license should be revoked,"" Ald. Sue Ellingson, District 13, said. ""I think Flowers wanted to do the right thing, but he didn't have a good business plan in place to keep the right kind of customers coming to his bar.""
According to MPD Captain Joe Balles, the MPD's SWAT team executed a search warrant at an apartment in the 1800 block of South Park Street to search for items and articles related to the Friday morning shooting.
No suspects are in custody at this time, according to police.
A hearing is scheduled to take place Tuesday regarding the future of the south side bar. Madison's Alcohol License Review Committee could recommend revocation of the bar's liquor license to Common Council Wednesday.
