A fight inside the Sawmill Saloon on Indianapolis’ east side turned deadly in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 28, 2018. During the altercation, 24-year-old Deron Marqui Gray was shot and killed; a total of five people were wounded and another man, James Ratcliff, also died. Witnesses said the shooting stemmed from a fight at the bar near East 14th Street and North Sherman Drive.

Gray worked at Amazon and was remembered by family and friends. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Greater Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church, and he was buried at New Crown Cemetery.

On July 7, 2018, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police arrested 32-year-old Jerrick Whitley at a house near 41st and Broadway; he was taken into custody on active warrants for murder, robbery, and dealing narcotics in connection with the shootings.