On the night of Friday, January 14, 2022, 25-year-old Malik Delinoir Douglas of Martinsville, Virginia, was killed in a shootout outside the El Parral restaurant on Commonwealth Boulevard. An argument on the sidewalk escalated into gunfire just after 11 p.m.; two men, Orlando Raceem Johnson, 31, and Laquon Deshawn Moss, 26, exchanged gunfire. A bullet from Johnson’s firearm struck and killed Douglas in the crossfire. Johnson was also shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, a 25-year-old woman in the leg and a 32-year-old man in the arm.

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office arrested Laquon Deshawn Moss and booked him at the Henry County Jail without bond on multiple charges including first-degree murder in connection with Johnson’s death, two counts of malicious wounding, three counts of using a firearm during a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Douglas, born October 10, 1996, in Eden, North Carolina, worked as a handyman for Hodge Landscaping, was active in Bethel United Way of the Cross Church, and is survived by a daughter.

Did anyone witness the argument outside El Parral or have information about the people who were nearby that night?