Brit ‘shot’ after gunman opens fire at crowd  outside French nightclub as cops launch manhunt for shooter on the run

TWO people, including a Brit man, were injured after a gunfire broke out outside a nightclub in France.

The shooter reportedly opened fire on the crowd with a hunting rifle in Montaudran, a district of Toulouse. 

One of the injured is reportedly a British man, who was reportedly hit in the chest by buckshot, French outlet La Depeche reports.

It is understood the shooting broke out on Sunday morning in the carpark of the Urban Lab nightclub, shortly before 6am local time.

Cops are now on the hunt to find the shooter and have opened a probe into the shooting, according to Actu Toulouse.

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