Arkavious Lamon Parks, 26, was fatally shot on July 2, 2023, outside the Vienna Lounge, an after-hours club in the 13600 block of Bissonnet Street in Houston. The shooting followed a minor vehicle collision in the club’s parking lot that escalated into an argument. Parks intervened for a friend who was involved in the dispute with 31-year-old Damontez Sharp.

A 26-year-old woman trying to flee was shot in the leg and later treated and released. A security guard at the lounge returned fire and shot Sharp multiple times; Sharp nonetheless left the scene, sought medical care at a hospital, and was detained by authorities. Sharp has been charged with murder in connection with Parks’ death. Investigators later linked Sharp by DNA to a 2021 sexual assault case that had been suspended earlier, a development Parks’ fiancée, Janel Cox, cited with grief and frustration.

Parks was born November 6, 1996, in Catawba County and graduated from Chapel Hill High School’s Class of 2015, where he was noted as a talented wide receiver. He is remembered as a loving father, son, brother, and friend and is survived by his fiancée, their son, and other family members. Does anyone have information about the incident or the parties involved?