On December 1, 2019, 19-year-old Catera LaShon Fowler of Cleveland was fatally shot outside the Legacy Entertainment Complex on Union Avenue. The shooting occurred about 1 a.m. after a physical altercation inside the nightclub led security to evacuate patrons. As people fled, 26-year-old Eric White Jr. was shot in the leg; he returned fire toward the crowd and Catera was struck in the head and torso and taken to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Investigators say another man, Curtis Johnson, retrieved a firearm from his vehicle and fired down the street in the direction of White and Fowler as they ran. Catera was struck in the lower back with the bullet exiting through her upper chest, indicating an upward trajectory. Johnson was later convicted of murder, felonious assault, discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, and having weapons while under disability and given an aggregate sentence of 21 years to life.

Catera, known as Tera, was a devoted mother to her one-year-old daughter, Legacy Dior, and had planned careers in nursing and law enforcement. Her family described the profound loss, and a GoFundMe was created to help with funeral costs and the child’s future. Questions were also raised about the club’s security and whether adequate precautions had been in place.

Did anyone who attended the club that night or knew Catera notice anything that could help clarify what happened during the evacuation?