On the night of April 6, 2019, JuWuan McClendon, a Black man known by nicknames including Wuan Wuan and Wuan Hunned, went to a concert at 2nd Chance Automotive Repair and Body Work on East Broadway in West Memphis, an auto shop that operated as a packed after-hours nightclub. Around 1:30 a.m., an argument near the stage escalated into gunfire. McClendon was found just inside the doorway, to the left of the entrance, bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds; he was alive when officers reached him but later died at the hospital. Forensic testimony described numerous close-range gunshot injuries with bullets remaining in his body and others passing through.

Surveillance footage shows a man identified as Reginald Smith approach McClendon as he lay on the floor, point a handgun downward and fire multiple shots before fleeing. Ballistics and video evidence indicate two different shooters were involved in the incident that killed McClendon and another man, Nathaniel Henderson. Smith later admitted in court that he killed McClendon and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Family and friends remember McClendon as a devoted father to his daughters, a barber and forklift operator who was warm and funny.