17 wounded in US nightclub shooting

Seventeen people were wounded in a nightclub shootup in the southern US state of Arkansas, police said yesterday.

Some of the victims may also have been trampled when gunfire rang out inside the Power Ultra Lounge in downtown Little Rock around 2:30am, local KATV reported.

"We do NOT believe this incident was an active shooter or terror related incident," the Little Rock police department wrote on Twitter.

"It appears to have been a dispute at a concert."

Police released no names or any information on a suspect or suspects.

Earlier, a man opened fire in a busy New York hospital on Friday afternoon, killing a female doctor and wounding six other people before turning his weapon on himself, according to officials.

The shooter was himself a doctor and former employee of the hospital, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio and police chief James O'Neill, who ruled out a connection to terrorism.

The incident occurred at the 1000-bed Bronx-Lebanon hospital just before 3 pm (1900 GMT) as many patients were receiving consultations.

The latest incident could also re-ignite debate over gun control laws in the United States, which sees more mass shootings than any other country.