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'Started shooting everybody’: Friends mourn after Liberty County bar shooting

Deputies in Liberty County are searching for a man accused of opening fire outside a Cleveland bar early Sunday morning, leaving one person dead and five others hurt.  The shooting happened just before 2:30 a.m. at Alas Locas, according to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say the man arrived around midnight, ordered a drink, and stayed at the bar for about an hour.  Deputies say he walked outside to his van, then came back and began firing into the crowd. They say he also shot into the bar before taking off.