Jaron Smith, a 32-year-old rapper from Palm Coast, Florida, was shot and killed after an altercation outside a party suite on Orange Avenue in Daytona Beach on June 4, 2023. He had been celebrating recent career milestones when witnesses say he began burning money, which prompted Robert Blue, a 27-year-old music manager known as Blue Chezz, to confront him. The argument turned physical; Smith reportedly pepper-sprayed Blue and struck him, and witnesses say Blue then drew a 9mm handgun and shot Smith multiple times as Smith tried to run away.

Smith was shot in the back and legs, crashed his Ford Mustang at Orange Avenue and Caroline Street, and was found by police around 1:17 a.m. He was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center and pronounced dead about an hour later. Blue fled but was identified by witnesses, arrested the next day on an outstanding warrant, and charged with second-degree murder and a probation violation; he was held without bond.

Are there witnesses or attendees from that party who can add details about the moments before the shooting?