Warren Thompson was 40 and described as a devoted father of three who was building a life with his fiancée when he was killed in the early morning hours of February 24, 2024. Thompson and a man named Akil Tennyson got into an argument and a fight at the 703 Social Club on Brighton Road in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood; both were ejected from the club. Authorities say Tennyson waited outside, and just after 2 a.m. ambushed Thompson as he exited, shooting him six times—five times in the legs and once in the back.

A security guard at the club witnessed the attack and returned fire, striking Tennyson in the chest. Police found Thompson and another man with critical gunshot wounds; Thompson was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Two other people shot in the incident sought treatment on their own and were reported stable. Investigators cited surveillance footage and witness statements, including from the guard who fired, in their investigation.

Thompson’s family remembered him for the close bonds he kept with his mother, Roslyn Thompson, and for growing up in the Hill District alongside the other family. The shooting left his mother calling the day her son died the darkest of her life. Did anyone who was at the 703 Social Club that night see what led to the confrontation or the moments immediately afterward?