Bar shootout caught on tape

TOLEDO, Ohio - A hectic shootout between several patrons at the Route 66 Bar and Grill on Westwood Avenue near Nebraska Avenue in Toledo was captured on surveillance tape.

The shootout unfolded a few minutes before midnight late Thursday.

The surveillance video, released by Toledo police detectives Friday, shows the Route 66 bar packed with patrons. A few seconds into the video, some people are shown exchanging words with other patrons, yelling and screaming.

A few seconds later, bar patrons scatter in all directions as the words turned into a physical fight. Some of the patrons scramble for doors. One person is seen rolling over the pool table toward the doorway.

About a minute later, one patron is seen hiding behind the pool table with a pistol in his hand.

An unidentified man walks into the screen from a doorway on the left side of the bar, also with a pistol in his hand. A few beats later, shots ring out. The people that remained in the bar duck and drop to the floor.

Upwards of 20 shots were fire in the exchange. Luckily, nobody was hurt in the barrage of fire.

In another view from the surveillance video, many patrons flee out of the front entrance of the Route 66 bar in a mass exodus. After a few seconds of momentary calm, two people are shown pulling out handguns. Both fire into the bar.

The alleged suspects face felonious assault charges or possibly attempted murder charges once caught, Toledo police detectives said.

If you have any information on what took place that could assist police, you are asked to call Crimestopper at (419) 255-1111. You can remain anonymous.

The cause of the shooting remains under investigation.

(FOX Toledo News reporter Barrett Andrews contributed to this report)