On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, a mass shooting at Club Harlem in Atlantic City, New Jersey, killed Gilbert Big Malik Satterwhite while he was working as a bodyguard for drug dealer Tyrone Mr. Millionaire Palmer. The attack, attributed to members of the Philadelphia-based African-American organized crime syndicate known as the Black Mafia, also killed Palmer and three women and wounded more than 20 other people in the crowded nightclub.

Authorities later identified Black Mafia founder Sam Christian as the alleged triggerman in Palmer’s murder and issued a warrant, but he fled the city. Investigators reported that fear of retaliation kept many eyewitnesses from coming forward, and details about any arrests or convictions specifically connected to Satterwhite’s death are unclear.