In the early hours of September 4, 2016, Jermaine Lynn Black, 26, was fatally shot inside Monsters Bar and Grill in Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke Police officers who were nearby for an unrelated 911 call heard multiple gunshots just after 3 a.m.; patrons fled the club and officers found Black inside with a fatal gunshot wound. Ten other people were wounded; some were taken to hospitals by ambulance and others arrived by private vehicles.

The Roanoke Police Department investigated the shooting and arrested 24-year-old Jermaine Leonard Brown of Roanoke. Brown was charged with murder and malicious wounding and was held at the Roanoke City Jail. A preliminary hearing was set for October 25, 2016, with charges that included second-degree murder. Friends and family held a vigil for Black, releasing balloons and remembering him as a loving man taken too soon.

If anyone was at Monsters Bar and Grill that night or has information that could help clarify what happened, please share what is known.