On April 2, 2023, an altercation at the EV Lounge, a hookah bar in the 5000 block of Yadkin Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina, escalated into gunfire that left 30-year-old Anthony Bradshaw dead and four others wounded. The confrontation began inside the lounge where shots injured two men, described as a Black male and an Indian male, with non-life-threatening wounds. The violence moved into the parking lot, where additional shots were fired. Bradshaw was struck and pronounced dead at the scene. Two other Black males were also shot outside; one was hospitalized in critical condition and the other suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Fayetteville Police Department opened an investigation and on August 28, 2023 charged 28-year-old Rolondo Boone of Hope Mills with first-degree murder in connection with Bradshaw’s death; Boone was held without bond at the Cumberland County Detention Center and was identified as a soldier stationed at Fort Liberty. The circumstances that sparked the initial altercation and the sequence of events in the parking lot remain under investigation. If anyone witnessed the shooting at the EV Lounge or has information about what led to the confrontation, please share what is known.