On May 16, 2021, at around 8:54 pm, the Sheriff’s Office received a call in reference to a shots being fired at a graduation party at the St. James Parish Boat Club, on US 61, in Gramercy. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered as the graduation party was ending, a fight broke out. People were pushed outside and shots were fired in the parking lot. One person was shot and was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and was later released from the hospital. Several vehicles were also struck by the gunfire.