Keith Anthony Hayes, a 41-year-old African American man from Danville, was shot and killed on March 11, 2020, during a chaotic brawl at Lucky’s Night Club in Providence, North Carolina. According to accounts, the fight began when a man struck a woman and then hit a bouncer with a pool cue. Hayes reportedly fired a shot that grazed the bouncer. Damon Dewayne Lee, 42, left the bar, retrieved a gun from his car, returned and shot Hayes in the chest.

Lee was initially charged with second-degree murder and later faced a first-degree murder charge; he was released on bond in April 2020 and had a court date set for September 8, 2020, in Caswell County Superior Court. Hayes’s family, through the Murray Law Firm, has raised concerns about the club’s security and asked for an inspection to determine whether the owner or management failed to protect patrons. The defense has said Lee acted in self-defense and the prosecution pursued first-degree murder.

Are there witnesses who were at Lucky’s Night Club that night or anyone with information about the bar’s security procedures?