Damon Fard Bruce, 45, was shot and killed on February 6, 2019, in the parking lot by the emergency entrance of Atrium Health NorthEast in Concord, North Carolina. The shooting happened around 1:00 p.m. while Bruce was visiting a mutual acquaintance at the hospital. He got into a physical altercation with another man, Exavier Malique Williams, and was shot in the head. Cabarrus County paramedics transported Bruce into the hospital, where he died shortly after.

Concord police identified and detained Williams early in the inquiry; he was initially questioned and released, then arrested on February 20, 2019, and charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter. Williams was also charged with four unrelated offenses from a Mecklenburg County investigation and was being held in the Cabarrus County Jail on $125,000 bond. Investigators say the shooting was not random and that there is no ongoing threat to the community.

If anyone was at Atrium Health NorthEast that afternoon or knew either man and can help clarify what led to the altercation, please come forward with information.