A nightclub security guard was shot and killed early Monday morning, in what Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck calls a “targeted killing.”
>>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: ‘Senseless killings;’ Shooting death of security guard at nightclub appears targeted, sheriff says
As reported by Mike Campbell on News Center 7 at 6:00 , we found out that Darnell Pate was a police officer for at least four departments.
Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Napoleon’s Palace in the 4100 block of Germantown Pike on reports of a shooting around 2:50 a.m.
When they arrived, they found Pate fatally shot inside a vehicle.
“His shift was over at that point, he was leaving, going to his vehicle,” Streck said.
Streck said there’s no doubt someone targeted Pate.
Detectives discovered a stolen car abandoned in the area, and they believe it was driven by the person or people that killed Pate.
>>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man dead after being found shot inside vehicle in Montgomery County
News Center 7 has learned that Pate was much more than a nightclub security guard.