In the early morning hours of April 13, 2019, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 37-year-old security guard Deswin Harden was shot and killed while on duty at Peyton’s Lounge, 1533 North Acadian Thruway West. Harden and a fellow security guard were trying to break up a physical altercation outside the club around 1:10 a.m. when gunfire broke out. Harden died at the scene; the other guard, 48, was wounded but not critically.

Police arrested three people in the days after the shooting. On April 14, 2019, 45-year-old Joseph Louis Butler of North Ardenwood was booked on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The next day Gerald Washington, 23, and Gerald Butler, 44, were also taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and illegal use of weapons.

Anyone who was at Peyton’s Lounge that night or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.