Tony Ray Battle, a 37-year-old African American man, was killed on October 3, 2017, at a Waffle House on Randleman Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. Police were called about 3:30 a.m. after a violent altercation inside the restaurant spilled into the parking lot. Tony was found in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene.

Investigators arrested 23-year-old Demauri Jamice Wellington; he was charged with first-degree murder and was taken into custody after a brief foot pursuit following the shooting. The motive for the altercation has not been established, and it is not known whether the people involved were previously acquainted. Tony’s family, including his twin sister and his young daughter Ta'Niya Battle, held a vigil in the Waffle House parking lot and remember him as a dedicated father and valued member of the community.

If anyone was in or near that Waffle House on the morning of October 3, 2017, or has information about the altercation, please come forward.