Police investigating fight, shots fired at downtown Ann Arbor's Dream Nite Club; 1 person taken to hospital
Details added at 10:45 a.m.: Victim was shot with what's believed to be a handgun. Clarified: Shots were fired in the parking lot outside, not inside the club.
Ann Arbor police are investigating a fight at Dream Nite Club overnight that sent 1 person to the hospital.
Police received a report of a fight at the club involving 8 to 10 people that spread out into the street. Shots were fired in a parking lot next door to the club, said Ann Arbor Sgt. Craig Martin, and 1 person was taken to the University of Michigan Hospital with a gunshot wound.
The age and gender of the person was not yet available this morning.
Dream Nite Club is located at 314 S. Fourth Ave. in downtown Ann Arbor.
File photo | AnnArbor.com
No further details were immediately available, and the club was roped off by crime scene tape this morning just before 9 a.m.
This spring, the club faced a non-renewal of its liquor license for unpaid back taxes and in March, the club planned to set up a payment schedule.
As recently as May, the club was the scene of another fight on an early Sunday morning, in which a man cut two men in the face and a woman in the leg with a sharp object during a fight on the dance floor.
The three were treated at U-M Hospital.
Comments
justin
Tue, May 31, 2011 : 6:35 p.m.
This isn't a place of who is right or wrong its about race which is why Ann arbor is trying to shut every Urban Venue down because of "Racism" whether your colored blind to it or not it very obvious.............. you can block this message just like you did my other two but i am going to continue to tell the truth!
mun
Mon, May 30, 2011 : 2:26 a.m.
Whether it is Studio 4 or Dream Nite, the story remains the same. There's always an incident at that place. Shut it down!
Mauri Magnums
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 7:39 p.m.
It doesn't surprise me that annarbor.com would report the incident the way they did (biased/wrong), as they do any story linked to this establishment. First off, there were no fights inside the club last night/early morning and neither were there gun shots. The club was closed when all this commotion started outside and if my memory serves me correctly, I don't think that the club is responsible for anything that doesn't happen on their property. The city, as well as the police department, are prejuduice towards this business for various reasons that are all ridiculous and unnecessary. Incidents occur at many other night clubs throughout the city but their names are never publicized and slandered; nor are they constantly being watched unjustifiably. I know that the vast majority of Ann Arbor residents are not black and would prefer that black patrons not enter the city, which is pitiful. Dream is the only club I've been to in Ann Arbor that police attempt to intimidate by circling and frequently entering the estasblishment for no reason at all. Dream is the only diverse club in the city and caters to all cultures and ethnicities, unlike the other clubs that choose to only allow a certain group of people in the establishment. If you think racism doesn't exist, you're sadly mistaken; it lives right here, in Ann Arbor.
WellVersed313
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 9:53 p.m.
I definitely agree with you Mauri, as a black student at U of M, who also loves living in Downtown Ann Arbor, it does not surprise me that so many people are quick to jump the gun and say "Oh get rid of this place" This place has provided plenty of the diverse students in the local area with a place to interact with each other on a social spectrum. Ann Arbor is mixed with liberals and racists, however the racists are sometimes given more power or say so. I have gone to other clubs that are predominately white and are biased on serving the White public, and similar events have occurred; but NOTHING was said or done about it. I was there last night and the incidents that occurred had nothing to do with the club. Of course the media is going to blow things out of proportion, a couple was arguing in the parking lot and things got out of hand from what I understand. @djm12652 I understand what you are saying, however if you re-read Mauri's comment, I don't think you will find any instance that he/she specifically called you a racist. if you feel guilty or threatened by his/her remark, then maybe you should seek counsel. I am also a Downtown resident of Ann Arbor, I love walking through the area and I don't feel threatened by it. There have been plenty of times when I have walked with my friends or by myself downtown and seen plenty of alcohol- influenced or outrageous altercations, but again NOTHING was reported to the media or blown up in the media. If the club were to enforce COLLEGE- ID then things could possibly operate more smoothly. @Macabre I was also there, and the SOME of the police were EXTREMELY RUDE to the black Patrons. One of the MAJOR incidents involved white patrons, but they treated them with subtle respect. I find this very offensive because I was yelled at when I was simply walking away from the "crime scene". This event/incident was blown out of proportion and I don't recall anyone getting shot.
WellVersed313
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 9:44 p.m.
I definitely agree with you Mauri, as a black student at U of M, who also loves living in Downtown Ann Arbor, it does not surprise me that so many people are quick to jump the gun and say "Oh get rid of this place" This place has provide plenty of the diverse students in the local area with a place to interact with each other on a social spectrum. Ann Arbor is mixed with liberals and racists, however the racists are sometimes given more power or say so. I have gone to other clubs that are predominately white and a biased on serving the White public, and similar events have occurred; but NOTHING was said or done about it. I was there last night and the incidents that occurred had nothing to do with the club. Of course the media is going to blow things out of proportion, a couple was arguing in the parking lot and things got out of hand from what I understand. @djm12652 I understand what you are saying, however if you re-read Mauri's comment, I don't think you will find any instance that he/she specifically called you a racist. if you feel guilty or threatened by his/her remark, then maybe you should seek counsel. I am also a Downtown resident of Ann Arbor, I love walking through the area and I don't feel threatened by it. There have been plenty of times when I have walked with my friends or by myself downtown and seen plenty of alcohol- influenced or outrageous altercations, but again NOTHING was reported to the media or blown up in the media. If the club were to enforce COLLEGE- ID then things could possibly operate more smoothly. @Macabre I was also there, and the SOME of the police were EXTREMELY RUDE to the black Patrons. One of the MAJOR incidents involved white patrons, but they treated them with subtle respect. I find this very offensive because I was yelled at when I was simply walking away from the "crime scene". This event/incident was blown out of proportion.
Macabre Sunset
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 9:06 p.m.
Your account contradicts the investigating officer's report. Are you claiming the Ann Arbor police are racist and lied in the report? Are you a material witness? We want the thuggish behavior stopped. We don't particularly care what race or races is/are responsible.
djm12652
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 9:02 p.m.
yes, sadly racism exists everywhere, but as a downtown resident, I take offense at being called one. I would say however, I don't care if you're green, black, brown, pink, or periwinkle, if you are coming into my neighborhood....know how to show just a wee bit of class and the minimum amount of social skills...one being that taking a gun out [illegally] for a night of entertainment means that someone is actively looking for thug action, not going out for an evening of music and dancing... and obviously you have not seen the downtown patrol driving past all of the bars, restaurants and clubs that have experienced less than acceptable behavior by the patrons on numerous occasions. I'm in the area 24/7 so I know what I have seen.
Macabre Sunset
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 6:50 p.m.
The lot next door is the most convenient structure for going out and dining on Main in the evening. There doesn't seem to be a booth where the police are stationed, like there is in the Maynard structure a few blocks away. This club is becoming a public danger. It generated the incident a few weeks back where dozens milled about while someone was filming a fight that could well have ended in a death (the victim was body-slammed, narrowly missed hitting the back of his head on the pavement). That film was posted to Youtube - the author tagged his own residence as Ypsilanti, if we're really going to cast Ann Arbor/Ypsi stones here. It sounds like someone will have to die before the city takes any real action. I hope it isn't someone I care about.
diagbum
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 9:43 p.m.
@Macabre Sunset - how about a link to the youtube video?
Macabre Sunset
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 9:01 p.m.
Yes. I suppose last night's fun and games could well have happened in the small private lot instead. The Youtube video (from the Ypsilanti thug) was definitely shot from within a structure.
djm12652
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 8:50 p.m.
do you mean the parking structure directly south? The open lot directly north is not public parking but parking for Postal workers and has signage as such. I have seen strange things in that lot at night after business hours by many of the nightclub scene attendees...
djm12652
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 6:27 p.m.
And this is a surprise to anyone? I live 2 blocks from that dump...I won't walk my dog on that block of 4th Ave. during the day, let alone at night. The fight spilled over to the lot next door, I thought that lot was private parking! Oh my, I cannot believe there are miscreants that would park in a private lot without permission ...the gun thing? If a weapon is found, I hope that our local judicial system doesn't give just a slap on the wrist. Even if there was a carry permit by the owner[and we all know that is most likely not the case] the law specifically states a permit holder cannot carry in a place that serves liquor. Guess I'll go check my car for stray bullet holes....gotta love the thugilicious mentality...
DwightSchrute
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:50 p.m.
basic journalism, please: location of the club?!?!?!
Wolf's Bane
Mon, May 30, 2011 : 1:23 a.m.
Behind your house.
Calendar Girl
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 6:45 p.m.
Basic opening your eyes please, the address of the club is in the photo's caption.
Tom Teague
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 6:44 p.m.
The photo caption says: "Dream Nite Club is located at 314 S. Fourth Ave. in downtown Ann Arbor."
Wolf's Bane
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:36 p.m.
Murder Suicide at Dolph park, Handgun discharged in busy downtown 'night' club... I think I'll stay home over this memorial holiday weekend.
nickcarraweigh
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:35 p.m.
There always seems to be something going on at this place. Anybody know if there is a cover charge?
djm12652
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 10:24 p.m.
you offerin to pay for us? lol
nick
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:12 p.m.
Enough is enough get rid of this place!
say it plain
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:10 p.m.
Oops. sorry...I see now the response from AA.com under @AJClock's post above... I don't quite understand the reasoning, but, whatever...the explanation to @A2JetGuy stands :-) And AA.com has explained their reasons for not tagging crime stories in Ann Arbor as "Ann Arbor" in those replies...
say it plain
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:03 p.m.
@A2JetGuy, Do you see right under the headline at the top of this page, there is a line that says "posted: Sunday May 29, 2011 : 9:08am. Topics: News, Crime " That "Topics" section is essentially the 'tag'line, showing under what categories AA.com lists this story. There is ample evidence, according to those writing in about it (and my limited research backs this up ;-) ) that when a crime occurs in Ann Arbor, it is *not* listed under "Ann Arbor" as a topic. But when a crime...or even a crime-related--story appears that happens in Ypsi, it is tagged under the topic "Ypsilanti". So, if you look under the 'crime' tab for AA.com, you see stories that happened in Ann Arbor, and it is tagged in that topic line "Crime, News" but not "Ann Arbor". While stories taking place in Ypsilanti seem to be taggged "News, Crime, Ypsilanti", so that if you presumably search under "Ypsi" you get the lists of crimes as 'relevant' to that city... but if you search under "Ann Arbor" you won't get crimes pop up. I think AA.com really needs to respond to this...is this really true?! Why would there be a double standard?
Michigan Man
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 4:54 p.m.
Sounds like a nightmare, rather than a dream. What happened to the hippies who used to frequent downtown Arbor Arbor?
Wolf's Bane
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:34 p.m.
They grew up and own the these clubs!
A2JetGuy
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 4:46 p.m.
AJClock, I'm trying to understand your post. The headline clearly states this incident was in Ann Arbor. The body of the story clearly states that this took place in Ann Arbor. The caption under the photo clearly labels the location as Downtown Ann Arbor. How is this not "tagged" Ann Arbor?
A2JetGuy
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 11:42 p.m.
AJC, Thanks for the explanation. I now see what you are referring to. I suppose I never noticed that because if I read a News-Crime article in AnnArbor.com, I automatically assume it is in Ann Arbor unless noted otherwise. I don't know if this is the construct the AA.com writers use, but it's how I understood it. Thanks again.
Andrew Jason Clock
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 7:17 p.m.
Look below the headline. You'll see a line "topics" here it says "news, crime". If a crime happens in Ypsilanti, the writers here plagerise the plolice report, write a sensational headline, and the topic line reads "news, crime, Ypsilanti". Shouldn't this read "news, crime, Ann Arbor"?
Alan Goldsmith
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 3:46 p.m.
Wow, thanks to the Mayor and City Council for renewing this liquor license after everything that has taken place at the location for the last several years. Great leadership once again!
Gorc
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 7:45 p.m.
It was just an observation, that the comments are always hyper-critical and one sided.
Alan Goldsmith
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 7:15 p.m.
AnnArbor.com is fine at cutting and pasting police reports. but lacking in any sense of the previous issues with this location.The Mayor and Council just approved the renewal of this liquor license after years of police issues and an underage girl nearly being sexually assaulted in the previous venue. So why are you worried about me reading AnnArbor.com and why do you mindlessly allow the Mayor and elected officials to dodge responsibility for their actions? At least I use my real name. AnnArbor.com is a D grade media outlet, I haven't kept my feeling hidden on that. But if it annoys you, me focusing on the Mayor, then maybe you can ask him why he loves taking credit for top ten lists but never takes the blame for anything. Two different issues, the lack of journalism quality on this site and the Mayor's failures.
Gorc
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 4:24 p.m.
All your posts seem to blame the Mayor or City Council for one thing or another. Do you remember when you posted: I was skeptical of all the early promises AnnArbor.com would cover local news in an in depth and world class level way, but was willing to give you a chance. Time's up. I'm surprised you still read annarbor.com
steve h
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 3:34 p.m.
ann arbor's not quite the utopia you all think it is
fight hunger
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 3:02 p.m.
the city needs to close it down now i hope they do please close it down
snoopjane
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 2:08 p.m.
When are they going to close this place? Is it going to take someone geting killed? If this was a place in Ypsi it would have been closed down by now!
AA
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:57 p.m.
Ann Arbor is not safe at night anymore. Beware.
jinxplayer
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 2:28 p.m.
Lol, only if you hang out with hood-like people at hood-like places.
Wolf's Bane
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:41 p.m.
Woah, a busy Memorial weekend for handguns. How ironic.
tdw
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:18 p.m.
If you notice the story was updated after my comment
steve h
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 5:08 p.m.
um, in the story. did you bother to read it?
tdw
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 2:21 p.m.
Where does it say it was a handgun ?
Andrew Jason Clock
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:35 p.m.
Here is another Ann Arbor shooting that is not tagged Ann Arbor. Why not? All of the crime in Ypsilanti is tagged that way, even the your sensationally headlined reprints of the police blotter.
tidge
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 7:50 p.m.
If you want to avoid the obvious, insulting double-standard: please stop tagging ANY "crime" stories as "community" stories unless you plan to tag ALL of them with the appropriate community.
Andrew Jason Clock
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 7:21 p.m.
Then please explain why feel good stories about Ann Arbor get tagged "Ann Arbor" or "Downtown Ann Arbor"? Didn't this happen in downtown Ann Arbor, about a block from aa.com's headquarters? I all Ypsilanti crimes get tagged "Ypsilanti", Saline crime "Saline", ect, then where is the "Ann Arbor" tag?
Paula Gardner
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 3:59 p.m.
Little blurring of terminology - we have "categories" that are effectively the directional tags for community and topic. And I believe those are the "tags" referred to here - they show up at the top of the story. We use both those and "tags" for terms that people would use to search and find stories both on our site search and via search engines. On our end they're two separate steps for posting an article. On the typical story that ends up on a community page (crime and otherwise), you'll see the category at the top of the story. That's what I'm calling a directional tag. In most cases there won't be any other "tag" on that story for geography and type of story (crime, education, government) no matter where the story takes place. Exceptions are real estate, development, restaurants and retail. Aside from that we use key locator words in headlines. Our experience is that system works for aiding people looking for our stories both on our site and via search engines. Happy to take suggestions, though, to make sure there's consistency among our stories and visibility for all of our content.
Phillip Farber
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 3:26 p.m.
@Paula Gardner - your justification for not having an "Ann Arbor" tag is fairly ridiculous. There's no technical reason why a tag must be tied to a specific "section" of Annarbor.com. A tag should link to any story tagged with that tag, period.
Paula Gardner
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 2:41 p.m.
We have 4 community pages (Ypsilanti, Dexter, Saline, Chelsea) and our system is set up so that we have to tag for each community in order for a story to end up on those pages. We do not have an Ann Arbor-specific section so you won't see an Ann Arbor directional tag.
Andrew Jason Clock
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 2:14 p.m.
jcj, we're talking about tags. With all crimes reported in Ypsilanti you can simply click on the key word, or tag "Ypsilanti" and all of the crime stories will come up. Not so for crimes in Ann Arbor. Kind of like crime blotter stories become headline news for Ypsi, but all but the most serious (like this) are burred in the crime pages for Ann Arbor. Fairs fair. If you tag my city in all of the crimes you report in it, tag yours too. I have a lot of feelings about Ann Arbor. An inferiority complex is defiantly not among them.
jcj
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:59 p.m.
WHAT??? Police investigating fight, shots fired at downtown ANN ARBOR'S Dream Nite Club; 1 person taken to hospital Does this look like they are trying to hide the fact that is WAS in Ann Arbor? Get over any inferiority complex you might have!
blahblahblah
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:15 p.m.
Different name, same results.
DFSmith
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:54 p.m.
Studio 4, I believe was the name of the previous incarnation of this club.
BobbyTarsus
Sun, May 29, 2011 : 1:51 p.m.
What was the previous name?