PHOENIX — Two men have died after a fight between two motorcycle riders escalated to gunfire and a vehicle collision near 7th Avenue and Interstate 17 in Phoenix Friday night, according to Phoenix police.

Officers say they responded to the area just before 11 p.m. for a crash involving motorcycles.

While officers were headed to the crash, they learned two motorcycle riders had gotten into a fight that led to a shooting.

According to police, the man who fired the shots was then hit by a vehicle.

Both the shooting victim and the man hit by the car were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities say both men died at the hospital.

Detectives are investigating the incident.

Details about the shooting and crash are limited but social media posts have exploded around the internet with horrific video of the actual tragedy after the shooting.

The gruesome video is titled “Rock Machine vs Vagos” and in it you can see a rider, allegedly a Vagos, walking away from a motorcycle and crossing the street, presumably seconds after emptying his gun into a Rock Machine member. It is possible that Rock Machine member was injured at or under the motorcycle the Vagos member was walking away from.

A car resembling a white Dodge Charger can be seen bearing down on him while gaining speed with its “sooped up” engine grumbling with increasing RPMs. The alleged Vagos member does not see the car bearing down on him until the last second but doesn’t have any time to react as the car slams into him squarely and intentionally.

The alleged Vagos is thrown perhaps 10 feet into the air, end over end and slams into the street behind the Charger that plowed through him.

In the end of the video a body is seen lying on the ground. It is unclear which victim was pictured.

Upon arrival, police found one of the motorcyclists suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and the other motorcyclist suffering from life-threatening injuries.

The Phoenix Fire Department took both motorcyclists, the shooting victim and the man hit by the vehicle, to the hospital in critical condition.

Both of the men later died at the hospital, authorities said.

Police located the driver and the vehicle (alleged Rock Machine member) near the scene and detained him for questioning, authorities said. He was subsequently released pending a further investigation.

Detectives have since taken over the investigation, which remains ongoing.

What led up to the motorcycle shooting?

After an initial investigation, authorities believe both motorcyclists were stopped at a traffic light near 7th Avenue and Interstate 17, when one motorcyclist, allegedly the Vagos MC member, shot the other, allegedly the Rock Machine MC member. 

The driver of the vehicle, allegedly a Rock Machine MC member, was nearby and witnessed the alleged Vagos shooting before running him down with his car, authorities said.

A confidential source familiar with the incident shared with BikerLiberty.com that both men were fathers, one leaving behind six children.