Eric Ontario Smith, 19, of Amarillo, Texas, was shot and killed outside the Paradise Club on November 23, 2014. The shooting prompted a multi-jurisdictional effort after the suspect, 23-year-old Tyrone Dawayne Black, fled Amarillo and was later located in Bloomington, Minnesota, in July 2015.

Black ultimately pled guilty to first-degree murder in February 2016 and received a 30-year sentence under a plea agreement. Smith’s family remembered him as a young man who loved basketball and football and who spent time with his son; his funeral was held at the Greater Love Temple in Amarillo and he was buried at Llano Cemetery.