It was a night that was supposed to close with cheers soaked in music, but violence rang out in the form of gunshots outside Raleigh’s StarBar, shattering the post-show serenity. Now, one man could be looking at some serious prison time after yet another suspected hit on Alabama rapper OMB Peezy.
The 20-year-old man involved in the violent incident, Ja’Quan Jahmer Whitehurst, faces a total of ten felony charges, six counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and four counts of shooting into occupied property. He is accused of firing more than 20 shots just after 4 a.m. on April 13, 2025, after Peezy had finished his performance inside the club.
No one was physically hurt, but the shots were not all a miss. Numerous rounds pierced the rapper’s van parked outside the venue. Investigators suspect OMB Peezy was the target of this hail of bullets, and the motive is still unclear.
Whitehurst, currently in jail with bail set at $1 million, appeared before a judge at a disposition hearing on June 10. He was due back in court on August 5 as investigators attempted to sort out what led up to the parking lot ambush. To date, authorities are not saying whether other people might have been involved or whether it was a single act of violence.
In the aftermath of the shooting, StarBar is under intense scrutiny. The North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Division took over, prosecuting the venue for serving alcohol after hours. In addition, the club’s record had enough red flags of a violent past that North Carolina’s ABC Commission chose to suspend the club’s liquor license altogether.
So now, not one man, but both are in hot water. The reputation and future of an entire venue are at stake, and state officials are watching closely.
Speculation and its consequences were at the fore following the shootings, but OMB Peezy, whose raw rhyming and Southern hip-hop sound would go underappreciated otherwise, hasn’t said anything publicly about the incident. But fans are undoubtedly grateful that no one got hurt, even if bullets fell dangerously close.
While Raleigh authorities are diving further into the shooting, the saga is still ongoing. The parking lot that used to reverberate with post-concert conversation has become a crime scene now. And the StarBar, formerly a go-to spot for nightlife, is caught between a legacy of entertainment and a new association with peril.
Stay with us as we stay on the case and see how the court system and city officials react. What is clearer is that the after-party was a disaster, and though the aftermath is just starting to unfold, there are already results.
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