Nyair Nixon, a 21-year-old Black man, was killed after a late-night shooting at the Keystone Lounge on Barnum Avenue in Bridgeport on September 27, 2020. Around 2:20 a.m. an argument inside the club escalated, Nixon was shot multiple times, then stumbled out and was struck by a fleeing vehicle. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and died shortly after arrival.

The investigation involved the Bridgeport Police Department, the FBI, the Fairfield County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The venue was being managed by a sitting city council member, Eneida Martinez, and that connection prompted calls from activists and Nixon’s family for an independent inquiry. Martinez later faced charges tied to pandemic restrictions at the club.

An arrest came in September 2023 when 37-year-old Charles Lee Young was charged with murder and weapons offenses; he was already in federal custody on unrelated charges and had bond set at $1.5 million. Young’s trial in March 2025 ended in a mistrial. Prosecutors then identified another suspect, Quinten McKoy, as the alleged shooter and amended charges against Young to hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence, alleging he assisted after the shooting. Young was later acquitted of those charges. The prosecution of Quinten McKoy for Nixon’s murder remains pending.

If anyone has information about the shooting, who was at the Keystone Lounge that night, or the moments after Nixon left the club, please come forward.