Police ID teen fatally shot outside I-Drive nightclub

A 17-year-old boy was found shot dead Tuesday night outside a nightclub on International Drive, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Officers responded to the LUX Ultra Lounge at 5688 International Drive about 11:40 p.m. after getting a call about a shooting, OPD Lt. Robert Herrell said.

Terron McCarty was found in the parking lot with a gunshot wound, he said. He was later pronounced dead from his injuries.

Detectives said the incident started with a fight inside the club. It spilled out into the parking lot, where shots were fired and McCarty was killed.

An Eventbrite page shows there was a spring break party for teens 14 to 18 slated for Tuesday night. Fliers for the event promote performances by several local rap artists. Chief John Mina said three off-duty officers were working at the club.

Officers remained outside the club in the International Shoppes plaza on the southeast corner of Kirkman Road and International Drive through 5 a.m. investigating.

Herell said detectives were called to the plaza, which also has a costume shop, an Italian restaurant and a billiards bar, to take over the case.

Anyone with information can call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.

This wasn’t the first time Orlando police have responded to a shooting at the club. In February 2015, an off-duty officer shot and wounded a man who opened fire in the club’s parking lot. No one else was injured in the shooting; the man was arrested. Court records show Jalen Atkins, 23, later accepted a deal to plead no contest to a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm and was sentenced to one year in jail.

Mina said the club “has had its issues in the past.” He said officers will work with the owners to make the club safer, with methods such as adding more off-duty officers, surveillance cameras and metal detectors.