A violent early-morning shooting at an Auburn apartment complex on North Donahue Drive on August 18, 2018, left two men dead and a woman injured. Dominique Oneil Key, 36, a Black man, was one of the victims; 23-year-old Omar Trenton Torbert of Tuskegee was the other. A 61-year-old woman suffered minor injuries.

Auburn Police reported that their investigation indicated Torbert shot both Key and the injured woman, and that an exchange of gunfire occurred; those specifics were not publicly detailed. Investigators identified a third person as involved and arrested 26-year-old Demetrious A. Newell Jr. of Cusseta, charging him with murder in connection with Torbert’s death. Newell was on bond for an earlier July murder charge at the time; his bond was revoked after this arrest.

Anyone who knew Dominique Key, was at the Donahue Drive complex that night, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.