Fight between strippers outside Bronx club sparked fatal shooting of club regular: police sources

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2015, 12:42 AM

The fight broke out after dancers started arguing in the parking lot outside the nightclub.

A smackdown between strippers sparked the early morning Bronx shooting that left a 45-year-old man dead, police sources said Saturday.

Murder victim Jose Feliciano, a regular at the Key Club Cabaret on Boston Road in Eastchester, was exiting the jiggle joint at 4:15 a.m. Friday when a fight broke out between two of the dancers in the parking lot, the sources said.

Feliciano ran over to defend one of the women in the fight when the other woman’s boyfriend started arguing with him, witnesses told police.

The two began brawling and Feliciano punched the other man, cops said.

Police released images of those who they believe may have witnessed the fight.

Seconds later, the suspect whipped out a pistol and started blasting away, hitting Feliciano in the stomach.

Felicano ran for cover behind a car, but the callous gunman ran after him and kept firing, blasting him in the head before sprinting from the scene, cops said.

Feliciano was rushed to Montefiore Medical Center, but doctors couldn’t save him, officials said.
The club manager said the victim was beloved at the jiggle joint.

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Feliciano was shot outside of the Key Club Cabaret in the Bronx.

“He was a humble dude, he always came alone,” Dennis De Jesus told the Daily News. “He was well loved by the entertainers.”

Police have released surveillance images of people who witnessed the fight. Cops ask anyone with information on the shooting to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.

Feliciano has an extensive criminal record with nearly 20 prior arrests for assault, robbery, and rape, officials said.

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