A Christmas Eve night out ended in homicide for 22-year-old Hillard Randall Kimbrough of Guntersville, Alabama. Shortly before dawn on December 24, 2023, gunfire broke out at the Clase Azul Night Club & Bar on Highway 431; Kimbrough suffered fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Marshall County Coroner’s Office.

The Guntersville Police Department opened a homicide investigation with assistance from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office and the Alabama Department of Forensic Science. As of the latest reports, no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain under investigation.

If anyone was at Clase Azul Night Club & Bar that night or has information about the events before the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.