Late in a December night in 2017, 30-year-old Jason Mcclain was fatally shot outside the Cloud IX Hookah Bar and Lounge in Nashville after a verbal dispute inside the bar led to his removal by security. The confrontation continued in the parking lot and escalated into a gunfight in which security guards at the venue shot Mcclain. The guards said they acted in self-defense and law enforcement opened an investigation.

Authorities discovered some of the security personnel involved were not properly licensed to work as guards in the state. The Cloud IX location had also been the scene of another fatal shooting months earlier, and community concern about the establishment’s safety and operations increased. The bar later closed, and its owner was indicted on charges of money laundering and involvement in a drug ring.

Does anyone have information about witnesses, security practices at the venue that night, or the investigative outcome?