A late-night dispute at a Twin Peaks restaurant on University Drive in Huntsville, Alabama, ended in homicide on November 9, 2024. The victim, 23-year-old Rayshun Markelle Bates of Decatur, was shot during an altercation that began as a verbal disagreement. He was taken to Huntsville Hospital and died of his injuries; two other people were also wounded. An off-duty Huntsville Police Department officer working security discharged his weapon but investigators determined his shots did not strike anyone.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency led the investigation and identified a suspect. Twenty-one-year-old Jeremiah Matkins of Huntsville was arrested and charged with murder and booked into the Madison County Jail. Matkins sought immunity under the Stand Your Ground law and was granted a hearing; a Madison County judge denied his request to dismiss the case. His bond was initially $50,000, later set at $100,000, and he was released after posting bond.

Bates, born August 3, 2001, was a father and active member of the United Pentecostal Jubilee House of Prayer, where he sang in the youth choir and played drums. He was buried in Sterrs Cemetery after a funeral at his church. If anyone saw the events at Twin Peaks that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward.