AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Multiple people were shot after a gunman with a rifle opened fire in Downtown Amarillo around 2:00 a.m. Sunday.

The shooting happened when someone got out of the car with a rifle and opened fire into the crowd outside the nightclub "Bodega's" on the 700 block of S. Polk Street.

In a release sent by APD at noon on Sunday, they said dispatch began getting "numerous 911 calls reporting a shooting in the 700 block of S. Polk St." around 2:05 a.m.

Eyewitnesses' said that a car approached an open nightclub, and an unidentified individual got out of the car and opened fire "into a large crowd with a rifle."

Nine people were shot. Six people were transported to both local hospitals. Three additional wounded "arrived by private vehicles."

One of the victims, 25-year-old John Love Louima, died at the hospital due to multiple gunshot injuries.

The remaining gunshot victims are in various stages of medical treatment.

A citizen who witnessed the incident followed the suspect's vehicle and called 911 to relay the direction of travel.

Because of the witness' efforts, Randall County Sheriff’s deputies were able to locate and stop the vehicle near Hillside and Bell St.

Three suspects were apprehended and taken to the Amarillo Police Department's Homicide Division for further questioning.

The shooter has been identified as Robert Kenney Knox, 23, of Amarillo.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as Nahryah Hilesta Ines Hayes, 21, also of Amarillo.

An additional passenger in the back seat was identified as Britt Brinson Cave, 22.

Knox and Hayes were both charged with murder and eight counts of deadly conduct/discharge of a firearm, and they have been booked into the Potter County Detention Center.

Cave was charged with public intoxication and booked into the Randall County Detention Center.

Officers and deputies recovered a firearm, shell casings, and other evidence likely connected to the shooting.

Evidence indicates this incident stems from an earlier altercation inside the bar. The suspects left the bar and returned later in the vehicle.

In the release APD noted "detectives have a considerable amount of investigation to complete before we are able to understand completely what happened."

The Amarillo Police Department's Homicide Unit is seeking assistance from the community. If anyone present during the shooting has video footage or any relevant information, please contact 806-378-9468.

APD will hold a press conference tomorrow morning, Monday Jan. 27th, at 9 a.m. and we will live stream that press conference.