On the night of November 23, 2025, a shooting inside the Volume Lounge nightclub on Railroad Street in Union City, Tennessee, ended the life of Omariyon Harper, a 23-year-old man from the community whose publicly available obituaries and news reports do not list a specific ethnicity. Officers from the Union City Police Department and Obion County Sheriff’s Office were already outside the club shortly after midnight when a burst of gunfire erupted from inside around 12:30–12:34 a.m. When they rushed in, they found multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds amid what was described as a chaotic scene, with between 100 and 150 people believed to have been at the venue that night. Victims were quickly moved outside to awaiting ambulances and transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital–Union City, where Harper was formally pronounced dead of his injuries.
In the immediate aftermath, law enforcement reported that several other patrons were struck by gunfire; early accounts from local outlets indicated that about half a dozen additional people were injured, though detailed updates on their conditions had not been released publicly in the days that followed. Investigators from Union City Police and the Obion County Sheriff’s Office began processing the nightclub as a crime scene, collecting physical evidence, reviewing surveillance footage, and taking statements from witnesses in an effort to reconstruct how an ordinary late-night gathering inside the club spiraled into a mass shooting.
Authorities quickly announced that they had identified a person of interest in the case—described in some reports as a suspect—and emphasized that this individual remained at large while officers worked to locate and interview them. As of the latest publicly available reporting from local television and radio news in the week following the shooting, police had not announced any arrests connected to Harper’s killing, and they continued to appeal for help from the public. Investigators repeatedly urged anyone who was inside Volume Lounge that night, or anyone with information about what led up to the gunfire, to contact Lieutenant Stan Haskins with the Union City Police Department or to call the Obion County Crime Stoppers tip line, stressing that community cooperation is crucial to building a case and bringing the shooter to justice.
Outside the formal investigation, Harper’s death has been marked by a series of online tributes and memorials that sketch a portrait of a young local man whose loss has deeply shaken family, friends, and coworkers. Obituaries and memorial pages from McCreight Funeral Home, Legacy, Echovita, and GunMemorial confirm his identity and the date of his death at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City, and they invite the community to share memories, light virtual candles, and send condolences. Guestbook comments describe Harper as consistently respectful, full of laughter, and someone whose smile and joking nature made an impression on those who knew him, echoing the tone of local coverage that frames the shooting as a devastating and senseless act of violence that has left Union City grieving and searching for answers.
