Terrence King was 28 when he was killed after leaving the New World VIP Lounge on South Tacoma Way in Lakewood, Washington. On the morning of October 21, 2018, King had gone to the club to pick up his girlfriend, who was working as a bartender. A dispute inside — reportedly after a group of men were rude to a female bartender — escalated into at least two fights, then spilled outside, where multiple shooters fired about 20 rounds into the crowd near the entrance.

King, described as waiting to take his girlfriend home, was shot in the back and died. Three other men were wounded. Detectives recovered surveillance footage showing three men fleeing and used social media to identify people connected to the altercation. Several arrests followed over the next months; charges led to jury verdicts in November 2020 that included convictions for Dominique James Avington and Darry Daquan Smalley on first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault, while Kenneth Maurice Davis was acquitted and charges against Monroe James Ezell, Thomas Earl Cooper, and Leonard Ray Brightmon had been dismissed.

If anyone was at the New World VIP Lounge that night or has information about the shooting, can you share what you remember?