Tazhae Jamier Woods, 23, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 13, 2025, outside Studio 71 on Waughtown Street in Winston-Salem. Police say gunfire erupted around 4 a.m. in the nightclub’s parking lot, where an estimated 150 to 200 people had gathered. Woods was later driven to a local hospital in a private vehicle that had been struck by gunfire; he died of his injuries.

Two other people—a 28-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman—suffered non-life-threatening wounds and were treated. City leaders and investigators urged witnesses to come forward, noting that despite the large crowd no one initially provided information explaining how the shooting unfolded. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division are working the case.

If anyone saw what happened outside Studio 71 that morning or has information, please share it with the Winston-Salem Police or Crime Stoppers.