On the night of October 25, 2022, 30-year-old security guard Erik McKenzie was shot and killed while working at the Cosmopolitan Premier Lounge on Glenwood Road in Decatur, Georgia. The shooting followed a dispute inside the club that security escorted outside; gunfire erupted in the parking lot and another security guard was also wounded. Officers found numerous shell casings from the front door to the back of the lot. McKenzie died of his wounds.

Investigators later arrested 26-year-old Quincy Tyler Walker in November on charges that included felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault. In February a second man, 23-year-old Dion Watkins, was arrested and charged with the same offenses; both were held in the DeKalb County Jail. Family and friends described the period after McKenzie’s death as incredibly difficult and remembered him as someone committed to protecting others.

Does anyone have information about the parking lot confrontation or saw what happened outside the club that night?