Keith Coates, a 30-year-old White man from Valdosta, Georgia, was killed on May 13, 2023, when gunfire erupted during a motorcycle-club gathering near the Outcast Motorcycle Club clubhouse at Sand Bar Ferry Road and East Boundary Street in Augusta. The gathering included members and associates of the Outcast Motorcycle Club and the Thug Riders. Investigators say the confrontation grew out of an earlier dispute in Florida and that some people traveled to Augusta in what authorities described as retaliation.

The shootout began shortly before 6:35 p.m., after words were exchanged, and investigators recovered more than 150 spent shell casings at the scene. Coates and Germayne Farrell of Daytona Beach, Florida, were killed; four others were wounded. Authorities recovered 13 motorcycles, a car and 10 firearms from the clubhouse, vehicles and nearby businesses, and a Richmond County patrol vehicle was struck by gunfire.

Law enforcement arrested twelve people in connection with the confrontation, charging each with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault.