Closure calls after shooting; CLUB: Bid to shut nightspot at centre of gun horror.

Byline: Matt Lloyd

CALLS to close a club at the centre of a fatal shooting were mounting today as police continued to hunt for the gunman. A man, believed to be in his 30s from the Dudley area, died in the early hours of Saturday morning outside the Tropical Harmony club in Bilston High Street.

Another man was also shot and is recovering in hospital.

It was the second shooting outside the troubled club in the past 14 months.

A man connected with the local club scene, who asked not to be named, said the killing was over drugs but added the victim was not a criminal. No-one was immediately available for comment from the club.

Wolverhampton Conservative Councillor Gillian Fellows, insisted that the club should have its licence revoked.

"Enough is enough," she said. "I will be encouraging my colleagues to have this nightclub's licence revoked. Bilston High Street is not a dangerous place but it could get that reputation if behaviour like this carries on.

"We can, and will, put a stop to it. I shouldn't think it will be open for very much longer after this incident."

West Midlands Police spokesman David Hodgetts said: "We are appealing for witnesses to a double shooting that happened in Wolverhampton."

Anyone who saw the incident or has information should call CID at Bilston Street police station on 0845 113 5000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.