Joseph Davis, 42, known as Coach Seven and a Pop Warner football coach, was working as a bouncer at Club Phoenix on Central Avenue in Albany in the early morning of September 29, 2018. A dispute with 25-year-old Shaquille Owens, who was attending an event at the club, escalated and Owens shot Davis multiple times. Davis was taken to Albany Medical Center in critical condition and died of his injuries on October 1, 2018.

Two bystanders—a 21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man—were also injured and treated for non-life-threatening wounds before being released. The shooting was the city’s 13th homicide of the year and deeply affected the young athletes Davis mentored.

Shaquille Owens was apprehended by police shortly after the shooting; he was on parole at the time for a prior weapon possession conviction. Did anyone who knew Coach Seven or who was at Club Phoenix that night see what happened or have information to share?