UPDATE: Police: Gunman who opened fire, wounded multiple people inside Florida nightclub is dead.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando Police say they are responding to a shooting at a nightclub in southern Florida.

A post on the department’s official Twitter account early Sunday morning says “multiple injuries” have been reported following the incident at the Pulse Orlando nightclub near Orange and Kaley avenue. The department also advises people to “stay away from area.”

Multiple emergency vehicles have reportedly responded.

Pulse Orlando’s earlier posted a note to its own Facebook page that said: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.”

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