A birthday party at a social club in Carver turned deadly on the evening of Saturday, January 24, 2026. Multiple 911 calls came in around 7:21 p.m. reporting several people shot at the Saint John the Baptist Club on Silva Street. Responding personnel found four victims; 27-year-old Benjamin Cowart was pronounced dead at the scene. Jalen Pina, 20, was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth and later died of his injuries. Two other men, ages 28 and 32, were treated for non-life-threatening wounds.

Pina was a 2023 graduate of Middleboro High School and performed as a rapper known as Buku tensai. Authorities located and arrested 23-year-old Nicholas Meuse of Plymouth down the street from the club; he was arraigned on multiple charges including two counts of murder, two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, and other firearm charges. Reports say the people involved knew one another and that Meuse, reportedly the seven-year-old’s uncle, called 911 claiming self-defense after the shooting.

If anyone attended the party or has information about the events that night, can you share what you saw or heard?