On the evening of May 19, 2023, a confrontation at Columbia Park Apartments in Richland, Washington, ended with 20-year-old Edree D’Love Thompson shot multiple times. Thompson, a father from Kennewick remembered as warm and upbeat, was transported to a local hospital where he later died. Friends said his daughter was his greatest joy.

The incident began when Thompson accompanied Melissa Klug to the complex to help Klug’s sister, Christina Cato, retrieve her children. An argument broke out and escalated into a physical altercation. A chaotic cellphone video captured part of the confrontation. Witnesses say Antoine R. Peanut Surge, 45, approached Thompson with a gun; the weapon was knocked from his hand and fired when it hit the ground, then Surge picked it up and allegedly pursued Thompson, firing a second shot that struck Thompson in the back and severed his aorta.

Antoine Surge was identified as the primary suspect and was arrested in Ellensburg on a $5 million warrant. He was charged with second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm. If anyone knew Edree, saw the confrontation, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.