Mareco Lawilder McNair, a 33-year-old African American man, was killed on March 9, 2018, when gunfire erupted inside Mr. D’s Bar and Grill at 1300 East Caswell Street in Wadesboro, North Carolina. The shooting that night claimed three lives — McNair, JA’Ques Kerreon McBryde, and Thomas Maye III — and wounded a female patron who was treated at Carolinas Medical Center-Charlotte and later released.

The Wadesboro Police Department, assisted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, arrested 30-year-old Robbie Rakim Harris Jr. two days after the shooting and charged him in connection with the incident. The bar’s owner voluntarily surrendered the alcohol permit and the business was closed after the attack. Attorneys for the victims’ families have raised questions about whether the establishment’s security measures — including weapons screenings, metal detectors, surveillance cameras, and security patrols — were inadequate and whether that negligence may support civil claims by the families.

If anyone knew Mareco McNair or has information about the night at Mr. D’s Bar and Grill, please share what is known.