Torence Peoples was killed on December 20, 2017, in a shootout outside the Black Pearl nightclub on Broad River Road in Columbia, South Carolina. He was 26 and had been celebrating his birthday when an argument inside the club over money allegedly taken from a dancer spilled into the parking lot. The altercation escalated into gunfire between two groups; Torence and his 23-year-old brother, Trevonne Judge, were both struck in the upper body and pronounced dead at the scene by the Richland County Coroner.

Richland County Sheriff’s investigators arrested Jumaane Evins on a larceny charge tied to the alleged theft that sparked the dispute. The Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office later declined to file charges in the brothers’ deaths, describing the incident as mutual combat with multiple shooters and noting both victims were armed. The Black Pearl, which had a history of violence, was closed and declared a public nuisance by Richland County.