Gabriel Eslami, 24, was waiting with friends in line to get into Hush, a hookah and cigar lounge in Five Points South, when the unthinkable happened.

A search is underway for suspects after the shooting in a popular nightlife area. Police believe the shooting was not random and that the intended victim is among the dead.

Multiple shooters pulled up in a vehicle, hopped out and unleashed gunfire on a crowd in the city’s Five Points South entertainment district.