Elijha Matravouis McDuffie, 24, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 6, 2021, at a Greenville nightclub. McDuffie, a Black man from Greer, South Carolina, was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining a gunshot wound.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and identified 22-year-old Aaron Messiah Hodari Harper as a suspect. Investigators said McDuffie and Harper knew one another, but the specific nature of their relationship and the motive for the shooting were not immediately clear. Harper was located and taken into custody within days, and was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

McDuffie’s family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nightclub, alleging inadequate security and that Harper had been allowed to enter the establishment with a concealed firearm. Does anyone have information about McDuffie, the events that night, or the nightclub’s security policies?