On February 29, 2020, Dequintez Lamar Watkins, 28, was shot and killed inside The Loft, a downtown Flint nightclub, during a brawl that began after a dispute between two women. Watkins, known as Tez, was taken to Hurley Medical Center and died of his wound. He was a father of three and was remembered by family and friends as loving and spirited with a goofy personality; his funeral was held March 10, 2020, at the Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home in Flint.

The person identified as the shooter was Allyne M. Hall, who was working as a security guard that night. Hall was arrested and initially charged with involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, and two counts of felony firearm. At a preliminary hearing in October 2021, a Genesee County District Judge dismissed all charges except a single count of carrying a concealed weapon. Hall’s attorney said Hall fired a warning shot after being assaulted while intervening in the fight; the court found insufficient evidence to move forward on the more serious counts. Hall had been under house arrest for more than a year and was noted to have been in possession of an unlicensed firearm at the time.

Does anyone have information about the fight that night or about Dequintez’s time at The Loft?