Cliff Dixon, a popular Atlanta socialite and the former boyfriend of reality star Erica Mena, was shot and killed in Atlanta last night.

Erica Mena ex Cliff Dixon was celebrating his 32nd birthday when he was gunned down. Read on from more tragic details…

CelebNReality247.com hates reporting something like this. Cliff Dixon life-long friend of NBA star Kevin Durant and rapper Dave East.

Cliff Dixon, who just turned 23, was shot outside the nightclub while celebrating his 32nd birthday.

According to reports, Dixon was shot outside of SL Lounge in Atlanta where a group of gunmen outside the club wanted to rob him. The robbery went badly, and the gunman ended up shooting Cliff in his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

TMZ reports:

An officer says he was in his patrol unit outside the club when he saw a black male wearing all black with a black skull cap fire at the victim.

Cliff posted on Instagram just a few hours before he was killed:

Cliff and Erica broke up in October, after a bitter domestic situation where they were both arrested…Erica ultimately moved on … getting engaged to Safaree a few months later.

His friend Dave East wrote:

I Can’t think of no memories with @easymoneysniper or @tdurant And u wasn’t there. We been cool since like 16-17 years old ?????U was just in my session in Atlanta listening to my album this shit super wacc!!!! Rest in heavenly peace bro u ain’t deserve whatever happen to u all we talked about was ball bitches and gettin to it!!!! God bless you cuzo real shit ?? @cldtoon @akbar__v hold ya head I know y’all was close ??

Dixon’s friends have taken to social media to offer condolences. One wrote, “Rest in heavenly peace bro. U ain’t deserve what happen to u.”