Lajah Chantilly Clarisa Small, 26, was shot and killed at the Time Out! Sports Bar in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the night of September 2, 2023. The shooting followed a dispute that had been escalating on social media; a friend who was with Small was also shot in the leg and survived. Authorities identified 27-year-old Brandon Merritt as the alleged shooter and arrested him on charges related to Small’s death and the injury to her friend. The Time Out! Sports Bar, which had been the scene of earlier violent incidents, closed permanently after the killing.

What details about that night or the parties involved might help explain how a social media feud moved into the bar and led to this fatal shooting?