violence breaks out at club purlieu on any given night this, video showing the scuffle friday morning moments after gunfire erupted. hip-hop star trey songs was the main event on this night almost exactly a year ago when three people were slashed at the club during a 3 a.m. brawl. neighbors say it's time to shut down this club. >> last night i counted eight separate fights out there. the streets were blocked you see on the video. there were 14 cars just sitting there horns blowing 3:00 in the morning, people trying to sleep. >> reporter: those four passengers were not injured and are being questioned. there have been no arrests so far in this case. sentenced today, the killer rambling about the case and his innocence. the son of one of the viim confronted him in court. >> go ask around. >> liar, liars. you're liars because you know >>s that rant continued, the victims' families left the courtroom in down -- as this rant continued, the victims' families left the courtroom in disgust. sal perrone was sentenced 25 years for each man he shot and killed execution style in 2012. the family

. >> the livery driver was shot in the head in front of the purlieu nightclub and drove a couple blocks before hitting a utility pole. >> the man is now in critical condition, the shooter nowhere to be found. >> we have more live now on the exclusive video. >> reporter: the suv is still smashed here up against that pole. you look to the damage on the front end of this vehicle, gives you the impact of that collision. that driver frantically was speeding away from a hail of bullets. eyewitness news has exclusive video showing you the moment of that crash. >> he's not in good shape at all. >> reporter: the head of the federation of taxi drivers laying out the grim reality after visiting 37-year-old roberto castillo fighting for his life at elmhurst hospital after being shot in the head. bullet from the livery cab driver's head, but the bronx man is still unable to breathe on his own. this surveillance video taken from a nearby business exclusively obtained by eyewitness news, you can see castillo in the upper left corner losing control just before the crash. cops say it happened around 5 a

. >> reporter: 37-year-old robert castillo had just dropped off some passengers at club purlieu in astoria queens. it was 5 a.m. moments later we're told the same passengers ran back into his suv trying to escape a gunman chasing after them. the driver took off, but one of the bullets head. police say he crashed into several vehicles before hitting the pole. >> doctors have removed the bullet from his skull, but he's -- we're hoping that he's going to pull through, but we don't know at this point. >> reporter: we're told the 37- year-old driver was trying to support his wife and two daughters despite not having a livery license. >> whether he was licensed or would have gotten shot. >> reporter: the club is a constant sore point for neighbors who complain about all the noise and violence. >> last night i counted eight separate fights out there. the streets were blocked you see on the video, 14 cars sitting there horns blowing 3 a.m., people trying to sleep. >> reporter: detectives are now questioning the passengers inside that vehicle to determine if they know who the gunman is. so far no a

he said he heard numerous altercations in the night, spilling out club purlieu. >>reporter: last night was billed as taxpayer thursday, featuring songs of deejay camilleo. as the cell phone video shows, there were skirmishes outside. at one point the fire department responded to the location. club pur lieu has been the scene of prior incidents. almost a year ago to the day three people were stabbed. today detectives are back. >> there's four schools within two blocks of this place. there's liquor bottles all over the street, in the morning the kids are walking down the street to go to school and are passing this kind of thing and the city does nothing about closing this place down. it really has to close this place down. it's time. >>reporter: back live, we're a few blocks from the club. again, that is the scene where the driver's vehicle came to rest. the 37-year-old victim at he is in critical condition. again, not licensed as a livery driver in the city, but nonetheless shot and unintended victim after a dispute at a nearby nightclub. live in astoria, marcus s