On the night of June 4, 2017, 27-year-old Warren Devon Payne Jr. was shot outside the Kick Back Lounge on State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Patrons were leaving the establishment when the shooting occurred. Another man, 31-year-old Chauncy Marshall, was also wounded that morning and later died on June 8; a third person was injured and survived.

Investigators later identified a suspect and in September 2017 arrested 26-year-old Demetrius Moore of Springfield during a traffic stop on an outstanding murder warrant; he was arraigned in Springfield District Court and held without bail on charges related to the two deaths.

Payne, known as Ickey, was remembered as a fun-loving, practical joker who loved basketball, was devoted to family and friends, and was an entrepreneur following his late father’s path. He was a son, brother, fiancée, and father to three sons with another child expected at the time of his death.

If anyone knew Warren, his friends or movements that morning, please share what might help the record.