On the night of October 30, 2020, a shootout broke out inside the Room 301 Lounge & Bar on Crain Highway in Waldorf during a birthday party for members of the Chosen Few motorcycle club after a large group from the rival Wheels of Soul arrived. Gunfire inside the lounge struck four people. Dontrell Lowell Watson, 34, of Upper Marlboro and a prospective Wheels of Soul member, was among those hit; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. Three others were wounded, one critically and two with serious injuries. Two of the wounded were associated with the Chosen Few and two, including Watson, with the Wheels of Soul.

A lengthy Charles County Sheriff’s Office investigation, assisted by other agencies and the U.S. Marshals Service, executed numerous search warrants and recovered more than 40 firearms. Investigators concluded the shooting was a targeted act tied to the clubs’ dispute. Nearly two years later a Charles County grand jury returned indictments and, between June 29 and July 13, 2022, twenty-one people identified as Wheels of Soul members or affiliates were arrested; those developments came after the fatal shooting.

Does anyone have information about the events at Room 301 Lounge on October 30, 2020?