Channel 2's Michael Seiden Some of the allegations against the nightclub have been revealed.
“It just doesn't make sense that my sister was just having a good time and our lives have changed forever,” said Tiffany Eason, Mari Clayton's sister.
It's been two weeks since a gunman opened fire inside Elleven45 Lounge in Buckhead, killing two people, including 21-year-old Mari Clayton, and wounding four others.
The city of Atlanta is seeking a temporary restraining order to shut down a popular nightclub on Peachtree Road.
According to the complaint filed Friday, city attorneys are asking the court to declare the store a public nuisance, arguing it “failed to provide adequate security and safety measures to protect patrons and neighbors from harm.”
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The complaint also lists numerous incidents that have occurred since 2020, saying “APD responded to at least 12 calls for service as a result of fatal shootings, attempted shootings, stabbings, threats of harm, physical disputes, thefts and disturbance of the peace.”
One of the most serious incidents included in the complaint occurred on Aug. 8, 2020, when police responded to a shooting at the club and found a man with an AR-15 rifle in his hand and a handgun in his pocket.
There were also recent reports of violence in which a gunman still in the street shot and killed 20-year-old Nakkilis Ridley after two people started fighting inside the club, police said.
The gunman also killed Clayton, a senior and volleyball player at the University at Albany.
Clayton's niece, 22-year-old Taylor Holmes, was also shot, but she survived the deadly shootout along with three others.
“We want whoever did this to be caught and we want everyone to know how loved she was,” Clayton's sister, Terrier Wheeler, said.
Channel 2 Action News We have contacted the club owners named in the complaint but have not yet received a response.
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