People were gathered in the entrance to a nightclub in Amarillo when a vehicle pulled up at about 2:05 a.m. on Jan. 26 and a gunman exited the vehicle, opening fire into a large crowd with a rifle, the Amarillo Police Department said in a statement.

Two people suspected of being involved in the shooting early Sunday morning were arrested and charged with murder, according to police.

"The motive here is inexcusable. ... Ugly, impulsive violence and something that we should not accept as a community," Chief Birkenfeld said.

Three people were arrested following a mass shooting at a nightclub in the Texas Panhandle that police say might've stemmed from an earlier altercation

Amarillo police are investigating a shooting at a nightclub that left one person dead and nine others injured.

Officials with the Amarillo Police Department released information regarding a shooting resulting in nine injured at a nightclub in Amarillo on early Sunday morning.

Police said the shooter exited the vehicle and opened fire into a crowd with a rifle before fleeing the scene.