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A predawn shooting outside the L & L Lounge (formerly Club 66) in Yazoo City left four men dead on February 6, 2017. The attack, around 1:30 a.m., claimed the lives of Edward Johnson, 36, and his 30-year-old brother Kevin Johnson at the scene; two other victims, Jerranden Allen, 32, and Gabriel Townsend, 35, were taken to the University Medical Center in Jackson and later died of their wounds.

Investigators quickly focused on one suspect, 27-year-old Briddell Barber, who was arrested in Jackson the same morning by U.S. Marshals. Authorities believe the shooting was triggered by Barber’s anger after his girlfriend accepted a ride home from the club with one of the victims, and that three of the men were killed after witnessing an initial confrontation. Barber was already facing a murder charge from March 2016 and had been released on bond while that case was pending.

If anyone was at the L & L Lounge that night or knows more about the victims’ movements that evening, authorities and the families would want to hear from you.