William P. Black Sr., 44, of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was killed in the early morning hours of March 11, 1981, after an argument inside Royster’s Zodiac Lounge turned into gunfire. The shooting occurred around 2:00 a.m.; by about 2:20 a.m. Black had been pronounced dead at Brownsville Hospital. Reports describe the incident as a barroom shooting rather than a planned attack.

Another man named in reports, Russell Brooks, was also struck and taken to Brownsville Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the stomach. State police said both men were carrying guns, but early reporting did not establish who fired first, leaving the sequence of events unclear. No arrest, charge, trial, or conviction is identified in the available material.

If anyone was in Royster’s Zodiac Lounge that night or has information about the confrontation between Black and Brooks, please share what is known.