Damarius A. Cooley, 31, was shot and killed at the Premier Sports Bar and Grill in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 24, 2024. The shooting occurred just before midnight in the bar’s restroom area; another person was also wounded. Cooley was taken to a Hattiesburg hospital where he was pronounced dead. His sister had been with him at the bar about 20 minutes before the shooting.

Known as D Cool, Cooley was born in Laurel on November 18, 1992, to Sabrina Cooley and Bernard Moffett and was a Laurel High School graduate who loved sports. Laurel Police identified a suspect, 24-year-old Clifton McGruder, who was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the killing.

Did anyone who knew Damarius or was at the Premier Sports Bar and Grill that night see or hear anything that could help explain what happened?