In the early morning hours of July 5, 2014, 26-year-old Hahrahcio Roy Branch, a Black man, was shot and killed in the parking lot of Soobie’s Bar & Grill, a strip club in Southeast Portland. A dispute that began inside the club spilled into the parking lot and escalated into gunfire shortly after 3 a.m. Branch was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his wounds. Four other people were wounded; their injuries were not life-threatening.

Police described the shooting as gang-related and opened an investigation to identify those responsible. The probe led to the arrest of Lavell Thomas, who was later convicted of or pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Branch’s death and received a 25-year prison sentence. The sentence addressed the criminal case, though the loss of a young life remains for family and community.

If anyone witnessed the July 5, 2014 events at Soobie’s Bar & Grill or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.