On the night of September 27, 2020, a private after-hours club in a former bar on West 4th Street in Waterloo became the scene of a chaotic gunfight. About 100 people were inside when a dispute escalated and multiple people fired weapons. When the shooting ended, 28-year-old Black / African American woman Takeya M. Hogan Camp and 22-year-old Dacarious Burkett were fatally shot; several other patrons were wounded while fleeing.

The Waterloo Police Department interviewed more than 100 witnesses and processed a large amount of evidence. Authorities identified Willie Edward Saffold Jr. as a suspect, obtained a warrant, and U.S. Marshals arrested him in the Chicago area on October 30, 2020. Charges were upgraded from intimidation with a dangerous weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm to two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Hogan Camp and Burkett.

The case went to trial in early 2025. The prosecution said the violence began shortly after Saffold entered; the defense said Saffold fired in self-defense and did not cause the fatal shots. The jury returned not guilty verdicts on all charges. Did anyone who attended that night or knew Takeya notice anything unusual before the shooting?