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Dexter Prather, 42, of Waco, Texas, was shot and killed in the early hours of March 4, 2017, during an incident at the Empire nightclub in Harker Heights. Prather, described as a father and small business owner, had been in the club and was involved in an altercation while playing dice. Five rounds were fired in the parking lot, and both Prather and 27-year-old Damion Hopkins were struck and killed.

Police identified 29-year-old Olishea LaShawn Smith of Waco as the suspect; she surrendered to authorities days after the shooting and was held on a $1 million bond. Prather’s family remembered him as loving and humorous, and his mother recalled a conversation days before the shooting when he expressed sadness about friends lost to violence.

What details do readers in the area remember from that night, or can anyone offer information about Prather’s movements at the club before the shooting?