On the night of July 12, 2014, Kevin Dushun Compton, 27, was shot and killed after leaving Diamond Dave’s nightclub on U.S. 41 in Kennesaw. Compton and two friends had left the club to avoid a fight that had broken out inside. As their Nissan Versa was driving out of the parking lot, another man fired five shots at their departing vehicle. Compton, who was seated in the back, was struck in the head by a 9mm bullet and later died at a local hospital.

An arrest warrant was issued for Lewarner Jaron Scott of Atlanta; he surrendered to Kennesaw police and was charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. In August 2015 a Cobb County jury found Scott guilty on all counts, and the judge sentenced him to life in prison plus 25 years. Family members remembered Compton as the rock of his family who had endured kidney disease and multiple heart surgeries.

If anyone was at Diamond Dave’s that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.