Keith Larnel Blair, 31, was fatally shot in a public parking lot behind the Bledsoe Building at 777 Haywood Road in West Asheville on May 29, 2021, around 1 a.m. Another person was shot and survived. Investigators recovered more than 30 shell casings, reported seven vehicles with bullet holes, and recovered two guns; authorities said the casings came from three different firearms.

Security footage showed Jhakar Horace Davis running through Westville Pub with a handgun the night of the shooting; Davis was later arrested on unlawful-possession charges not tied to Blair’s murder and was killed on July 12, 2021. Police released images of two suspects armed with semi-automatic weapons outside Westville Pub and have said the shooting may have been retaliatory, but no arrests have been announced in Blair’s homicide.

Blair, known as Sauce Boss and Ryda Black, was a native of Asheville, a 2009 Asheville High School graduate, and a father of two, Kyus Blair and Blair Campbell. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Asheville Police Department.