Armonte Versace Ronquae Darrington-Rodgers was 24 when he was shot at the Spotlight Nightclub on South Reynolds Road in Toledo, Ohio, and later died at a hospital on May 16, 2021. The shooting happened during a 22-day period when Darryl Lathan, who had been serving a sentence for an unrelated charge, was briefly out on a stay of his jail time.

Darryl Lathan was later found guilty of murder, felonious assault, and failure to comply with a court order in August 2022; he received a 20.5-year prison sentence on January 20, 2023. Court filings showed Lathan had been convicted for violating a court order related to a prior drug conviction just 10 days before the shooting, and that violation led to the stay during which the killing occurred. Lathan’s attorneys have filed a motion for a new trial alleging jury misconduct, and proceedings on that motion have been continued multiple times.

Armonte Rodgers was remembered by family and friends as a passionate rapper and a loving family man. Does anyone have memories of Armonte or information about the shooting that could help clarify what happened that night?