Toris Deandre Knight, a 26-year-old African American man, was killed in a shooting on August 5, 2015, in El Paso, Texas. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. in the 4000 block of Van Buren Avenue near Monroe Avenue and Cassidy Road in the Lower Dyer area. Knight was found unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body and was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

The shooting occurred during a fight outside the Player’s Lounge, a bar at 4024 Dyer Street. Initial investigation did not immediately produce an arrest, but on August 6, 2015, El Paso police arrested 25-year-old Cortez Devonte Thomas and charged him with murder; he was held on a half-million-dollar bond. Another man, Paul E. Johnson, was later implicated and ultimately convicted in connection with the shooting.

Knight had prior legal troubles, including gang affiliation with the Bloods and a 2010 federal guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, for which he received a 10-month sentence. Does anyone have information about the night at the Player’s Lounge or saw what happened on Van Buren Avenue that early morning?