Franchot B. Wallace II, 29, was shot twice in the back inside 3M’s Bar on Highland Avenue in Niagara Falls on March 7, 2015 and later died at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Police treated the killing as a targeted attack rather than a random act and opened a homicide investigation, interviewing witnesses to reconstruct what happened inside the bar.

Within days a suspect was identified and arrested: 34-year-old Algernon Ray Dix of Niagara Falls. Dix was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree criminal use of a firearm; his case was scheduled to proceed in Niagara Falls City Court. Wallace is described as a beloved and respected son in his community.