EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 24-year-old man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot outside a bar near the UTEP area early Friday morning, May 12, El Paso Police say.

Officers were called out to the El Profe nightclub along the 2700 block of North Mesa at about 1 a.m. Friday morning.

Police learned that a fight began inside the club and the subjects were thrown out of the business by security personnel.

Once outside, they got into another physical confrontation in the rear alley, police say.

A firearm was shot and the victim was struck, police said.

If anyone has information on the incident, they are urged to call the police’s non-emergency number at (915) 832-4400 or Crime Stoppers at (915) 566-8477. The investigation continues.