Lamonte Marqueze Scruggs, 27, of Covington, Kentucky, was shot and killed outside a downtown Cincinnati nightclub in the early hours of Sunday, February 11, 2024. Officers who responded to reports of a shooting found Scruggs with gunshot wounds; he was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and died shortly after arrival. Another person suffered a gunshot wound to the ankle in the same incident.

No arrests, suspects, or motive have been disclosed and specific circumstances leading to the shooting have not been released. Visitation for Scruggs was scheduled for Friday, February 23, 2024, at Word of Life Christian Fellowship in Covington, with a funeral service to follow and interment at Linden Grove Cemetery.

If anyone was near the downtown nightclub that morning or has information about what happened, please share what you know.