Trentavious Zamon White, 28, known as rapper Bankroll Fresh, was killed on March 4, 2016, after a shootout at Street Execs Studio in Atlanta. The confrontation followed a history of personal disputes with childhood friend and fellow rapper Mendez Owens, known as No Plug, including a reported fight over a woman and an earlier incident that forced White out of a neighborhood by Owens’ associates.

On the night of March 4, a verbal dispute inside the studio turned physical and had to be broken up. Owens left, returned when he realized he had dropped his cell phones, and sat in his vehicle outside. Surveillance and investigators say White emerged from the studio armed with an SKS-style rifle and fired first at Owens’ car. Gunfire erupted as the vehicle sped away; White was hit in the right hip and later died at Hughes Spalding Hospital from a gunshot wound to his abdomen. More than 50 shell casings were recovered.

Owens publicly admitted involvement, saying he and occupants of his car returned fire in self-defense and cooperated with police. After a lengthy investigation that concluded in June 2018, the Fulton County District Attorney declined to file charges, finding the shooting justified and citing surveillance and forensic evidence that White fired first.