Bug N Out Lounge liquor license suspended for 3 months following fatal shooting

By: CBS 58 Newsroom

Posted: Apr 18, 2023 9:30 PM CDT

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A West Allis bar owner's liquor license will be suspended for 90 days.

The full West Allis Council approved the plan in a unanimous vote Tuesday, April 18.

It comes after the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a birthday party in February.

Ronnell Smith was killed, and another child was injured, after a shooting occurred in the upstairs bar of Bug N Out Lounge.

A father and daughter rented the space for a 17-year-old's birthday party and more than 100 kids showed up. Police allege at least six of those in attendance had guns on them, per a security video.

Owner Amy Thompson's liquor license requires the bar provide security on weekend nights, but only Thompson and a bartender were working downstairs that evening.

Seventeen-year-old Lawrence Griffin has been charged in the shooting.