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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem woman who was shot last year at Nitty Gritty Soul Café is suing the restaurant, its owners and two men who promoted a party the night of the shooting, accusing all of them of negligence, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Carmen L. Simmons was shot about 1 a.m. Feb. 16, 2013 in the restaurant at 3003 South Main Street. Two others were wounded.

Another man, Kenneth Ravon Braddy Jr., was fatally shot by a security guard.

A fight broke out at the restaurant. After the fight ended, Braddy came into the restaurant, brandishing the gun and was shot by the guard.

No criminal charges were filed against the guard, whose name was never released. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill determined the shooting was justified.

According to the lawsuit, Simmons was struck by a bullet fired by the security guard during his confrontation with Braddy. The lawsuit said that Simmons was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and she had to undergo multiple surgeries over several weeks.

The lawsuit was initially filed Dec. 11, 2013 against Nitty Gritty Soul Café, its owners, Timothy Bess and Ola Morris, and the owner of the property, Michael Carter. Last month, Simmons’ attorney, Daniel Donovan, filed a motion to amend the complaint and add two more defendants, party promoters Shawn Spilman and Kenneth Grooms. Judge Anderson Cromer of Forsyth Superior Court granted Donovan’s request after a hearing earlier this week.

Simmons said in her lawsuit that the defendants should have done more to protect people at the restaurant and that they were aware that there had been “multiple fights, acts of violence, and dangerous criminal activity” at or near the restaurant. The lawsuit said that the restaurant allowed too many people at the bar, didn’t have adequate security, failed to check IDs and didn’t take other steps to ensure safety at the restaurant. The lawsuit alleges the restaurant owners regularly operated as a nightclub and rented the space out for private parties.

According to the lawsuit, Simmons had medical bills, endured pain and suffering and lost wages as a result of the defendants’ negligence.

Timothy Stewart, the attorney for Nitty Gritty, Bess and Morris, did not immediately return a message Friday seeking comment. John Van Zandt III, Carter’s attorney, said Carter has no exposure in any liability. He declined to comment further.

Bess, Morris and Carter denied the allegations in court papers.

It wasn’t clear from court papers whether Spilman and Grooms had attorneys, and contact information could not be found on either one of the men.

In the lawsuit, Simmons said she and her friends went to the restaurant on Feb. 15, 2013. Sometime after 1 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 16, 2013, a fight broke out. Authorities said security guards got people outside, and then several people fired guns, and people rushed back in. Simmons was still in the restaurant, when Braddy came in with a gun. Braddy had been released from prison in August 2012 after serving time for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by a felon, second-degree burglary and common-law robbery. As a convicted felon, he was not supposed to be in possession of a gun.

Police said that a video showed Braddy brandishing the gun and witnesses said Braddy was threatening people. Security cameras show Braddy pointing the gun at two security guards, one of whom was armed. The armed guard fired several shots at Braddy, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Simmons was found inside near the dance floor with a single gunshot wound.

Cortez Lenard Smith and Barry Bevionta Richardson were shot in the parking lot. No one has been arrested in those shootings.

The shooting led to calls from some residents to shut the restaurant down. Bess eventually worked out a year-long agreement with the city of Winston-Salem in which he agreed to hire private security and not operate as a night club. That agreement expired in August.