Thurman Bailey, a 28-year-old African American man known as the Thurmanator, was shot and killed outside Sound Bar in Chicago’s River North on March 8, 2019. At about 6-foot-8 and over 300 pounds, Bailey worked as a bouncer at the nightclub. The shooting followed a brawl that began after a group of roughly 15 people were denied entry; during the fight a man produced a handgun and fired, striking Bailey. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A 58-year-old man associated with the club was also wounded but survived.

Police identified and arrested 37-year-old Armond Williams of Villa Park on March 20, 2019; he was charged with first-degree murder after being identified on surveillance video and was alleged to have been part of the group denied entry and to have fired the shots. Authorities later charged Michael Matthews with first-degree murder and mob action, with allegations that he returned with Williams after an earlier dispute over a pat-down and that the confrontation escalated into the fatal shooting. The cases of Matthews and another suspect, Jon Poole, remained pending.

Did anyone in the River North area that night see the fight or the people involved who could help fill in what happened?