A birthday party at a private venue in Waynesboro, Georgia, on the morning of October 19, 2014, ended in gunfire that killed two men. Andre Harris Jr., 24, of Stapleton, was shot during an altercation at the former Club Dynasty on Lawson Road shortly before 4:00 a.m. Witnesses said a dance-contest dispute escalated into a fight and people began brandishing firearms; Harris was shot during the chaos. A second victim, 24-year-old Likenzie Holliday of Wrens, was also killed, and a third person suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in the parking lot as patrons fled.

Authorities identified Warner Tolbert III, 22 at the time, as the lone gunman and charged him with two counts of murder and firearm possession. At trial the defense said Harris had dropped a gun during the fight and Tolbert picked it up and fired in self-defense; they also argued Tolbert shot Holliday because he believed Holliday was reaching for a weapon. A jury convicted Tolbert of malice murder in Andre Harris Jr.’s death, voluntary manslaughter in Likenzie Holliday’s death, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime; Tolbert received life in prison without parole.

Did anyone at the party or in the surrounding neighborhood see how the initial dispute began or know why weapons were at the gathering?