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Eight people are in the hospital after a shooting Sunday morning, according to Memphis Police Department.

Officers responded to the shooting just after 2:30 a.m. on S. B.B. King Boulevard on Sunday.

Witnesses describe the chaotic scene that unfolded early Sunday morning when 8 people were shot near Beale Street.

“It was crazy,” said an eyewitness who works at a nearby bar on Beale Street. “8 to 10 people were trying to jump over our fence and get into our door.”