On December 1, 2024, an overnight celebration at Jaycee Hall in Hollywood, Florida, ended in gunfire around 1:30 a.m. Four people were struck in the parking lot at 2930 Hollywood Boulevard. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene; 44-year-old Taron Nicks and two others were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where Nicks later died. Of the remaining victims, one was in the intensive care unit and the other was released from the ICU and recovering.

Also killed was 44-year-old Octavious Jackson, identified as a former Florida State University football player and father of two. Jackson and Nicks were described by friends as having tried to de-escalate the altercation before it escalated to gunfire. Hollywood Police have opened an investigation, named several persons of interest and issued a be-on-the-lookout alert for a vehicle connected to the case; no arrests have been made.

If anyone was at the event or saw the vehicle or people involved, please contact the Hollywood Police Department or Broward County Crime Stoppers with any information.