10 people wounded in shooting outside New York City nightclub

New York Police Department chief of patrol Philip Rivera, centre, during a press conference on the shootings in New York (NYPD via AP)

Ten people were wounded in a shooting outside a New York City nightclub while they were waiting to get into a private event, police said.

About 15 people were standing outside Amazura nightclub at 11.15pm on Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens, when four men on foot approached the group of 16 to 20-year-olds.