#8 - Goonew’s “Final Show”
The police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, were called to the scene of a reported shooting
on the evening of March the 18th of 2022. Upon their arrival, officers came upon a male victim,
identified as rapper Goonew, who was in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound. He was
pronounced dead at a local hospital a few hours later. Shortly after 24-year-old Goonew’s passing,
it was reported that a funeral was to be held at the Bliss Nightclub in Washington,
DC. On the day of the memorial service, footage from inside the venue went viral on social media.
Part of the arrangements meant to honor the deceased rapper involved having his embalmed
corpse propped up on the dance floor overlooking the crowd. The macabre funeral subsequently faced
heavy criticism from the general public, with many calling the presentation of the man’s body
“sick” and “disturbing”. The nightclub itself released a statement in the wake of the incident,
claiming they hadn’t been aware of the bizarre tribute ahead of time and
apologized to anyone who was offended. #7 - Nicole Flanagan
The lifeless body of a high-end New York City escort was found inside a 55-gallon barrel
in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, on August the 13th of 2021. The authorities had been
alerted to the large plastic drum after local residents had complained of a repulsive smell
emanating from it. The woman was identified as 42-year-old Nicole Flanagan, who’d last
been seen alive on August the 6th. Surveillance cameras at a Financial District apartment building
had captured her in an elevator with Aquellio Parker, an alleged member of NYC’s notorious
SNOW gang. Five days later, security footage showed Parker bringing the barrel in which
Flanagan was later found into the building. The following day, he and an unidentified accomplice
were spotted wheeling the container into the back of a U-Haul van and driving away from the
apartment building. Although Flanagan’s body showed no visible signs of physical trauma,
a warrant for Parker’s arrest was issued, and he ultimately surrendered to the authorities. He was
charged with being an accomplice to disturbing, moving, and/or concealing human remains.
As of the case’s latest updates, investigators had theorized that Flanagan had fatally overdosed
during her time in Parker’s apartment. Rather than call the emergency services or render aid
to the escort himself, however, the man had allegedly opted to dispose of her body.
#6 - Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola
On November the 13th of 2021, two masked men driving a black sedan with no license plates
dropped an unconscious woman off outside Southern California Hospital,
in Culver City. A short time later, the duo drove to Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital,
where they abandoned a second unresponsive woman on the sidewalk. The first patient,
who was identified as 24-year-old Christy Giles, was pronounced dead shortly after her arrival.
The second, a friend of Giles’ named Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola, was kept in critical
condition at the hospital until her eventual death 11 days later, on November the 24th.
According to an official report released by the Los Angeles Police Department,
the victims were believed to have been given a myriad of illegal substances that ultimately led
to them fatally overdosing. The following month, the LAPD placed 3 men, named as David Pearce,
Michael Ansbach, and Brandt Osborn, under arrest. Pearce was charged with manslaughter in connection
to the 2 women’s deaths, while the latter 2 faced charges of accessory to manslaughter.
As the investigation progressed, detectives gathered that, during a night out at various
clubs, the victims had been lured to Pearce’s apartment in the 8600 block of Olympic Boulevard,
where the 3 suspects provided them with a cocktail of drugs that caused them to fall unconscious.
Rather than contact emergency services, however, Pearce removed the license plates on his vehicle
and called upon his 2 accomplices to help him discard the women’s bodies outside the hospitals.
It subsequently emerged that Pearce, a film producer from Beverly Hills, was also being
charged with assault in connection to an unrelated case involving 4 alleged victims. The man pleaded
not guilty to the various offenses of which he was accused as he awaited the commencement
of his criminal trial. #5 - Takila Gross
30-year-old Takila Gross was gunned down near a club in Marshall County, Mississippi,
in the early morning hours of April the 24th of 2022. According to the county sheriff’s office,
the pregnant mother-of-two had been spending the night out with friends when the fatal incident
occurred, at roughly 2:30 am. Around that time, a gunfight erupted between several individuals
outside Roosevelt’s Club on Highway 309 South. Gross, who was sitting in a parked vehicle nearby,
was struck in the head by a stray bullet. Initially, the driver of the car reportedly
thought the woman was having a seizure, but then quickly realized that she’d suffered a critical
gunshot wound, by which time it was already too late to render aid. The man who’d inadvertently
killed her fled the scene but, within hours, he was identified by the authorities as 38-year-old
Andre Norman, whom Gross had never met. The police tracked Norman down, later on the day
of the incident, and took him into custody on a charge of first-degree murder. He was subsequently
held in county jail, on a $1 million bond, pending the commencement of his case’s legal proceedings.
#4 - Jessica Lally In October of 2021, a woman from South Yorkshire,
England, was spending a night out with friends at Bronco’s Rodeo, an American-themed bar and
restaurant in Sheffield. According to subsequent reports, 26-year-old Jessica Lally became
unresponsive after falling off a mechanical bull set up in-house at the restaurant. Although she’d
reportedly fallen onto a padded area, she then went into cardiac arrest and, shortly thereafter,
passed away. The tragic incident wasn’t caused by the mechanical bull itself,
according to the findings of a subsequent investigation. The general manager of the
establishment detailed that the machine had been moving at the lowest speed setting when
Lally fell and lost consciousness. It was thus determined that the young woman’s heart
attack had been completely unrelated to any external factors, including the force with
which she’d impacted the ground. Lally, a manager at a jewelry store in Rotherham,
was reportedly in the process of planning her wedding at the time of her abrupt death.
#3 - The Blue Lantern Club Stampede On the evening of October the 8th of 2018,
dozens were injured in a stampede outside the Blue Lantern Club in the town of Corinaldo,
central Italy. Subsequent reports indicated that the nightclub had been occupied by more than a
thousand people who were there to watch a live performance by rapper Sfera Ebbasta. According to
a statement by the local fire service, the crowd had been sent into a full-blown panic following
the “dispersal of a stinging substance”, likely pepper spray. Club-goers ran for the emergency
exits and consequently trampled over each other. The force of the fleeing crowd ultimately caused
a railing to collapse onto a concentrated mass of people, 6 of whom passed away and nearly 200
others who were left injured. In August of 2019, the BBC reported that Italian authorities had
taken 7 men into custody on manslaughter charges in connection to the fatal stampede. On the night
of the concert, the suspects had allegedly been using pepper spray to rob people, a course of
action determined to have been the initial cause of the panic. The police also stated that there
had been about 1,400 attendees gathered in the club that night in spite of the venue’s reported
maximum capacity being less than 900 people. Today's topic was inspired by Scott Morgan.
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in the comments section below. #2 - The Shooting of Kasmira Nash
In the early morning hours of May the 1st of 2021, police in Louisville, Kentucky,
received reports of shots fired at the Vibes Restaurant and Ultra Lounge in the 1300 block
of River Road. When responding officers arrived at the scene, they reportedly found a man and woman
suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The female victim, who was identified as a bartender at the
nightclub, called Kasmira Nash, was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was transported to
University of Louisville Hospital with what were described as non-life threatening injuries. The
Louisville Metro Police Department subsequently reported that, at the time of the deadly incident,
the venue had been “well-attended” due to it having occurred on the same weekend as the
Kentucky Derby. Investigators quickly identified Ronnie O’Bannon, the longtime DJ for prominent
rapper Jack Harlow, as the primary person of interest in Nash’s shooting. Less than a
year prior to the latter incident, O’Bannon had allegedly shot and killed Nash’s cousin, Torre
Fore, following an altercation at the X-Clusive nightclub in Shively. On the night of her death,
Nash had confronted O’Bannon, who ultimately gunned her down in the middle of the crowded club.
In December of 2021, Nash’s family filed a lawsuit against the owners of Vibes Restaurant and Ultra
Lounge, claiming that they’d “failed to secure the venue by negligently allowing certain attendees to
bypass the security screening required for all others”. As of the latest updates on the case,
O’Bannon’s defense team had requested he be granted immunity from prosecution,
arguing that he’d acted in self-defense on the night of the fatal shooting.
#1 - Connor Hayes 20-year-old Connor Hayes got into an
altercation with a club bouncer during a night out with friends, on March the 8th of 2017.
The young man had been attempting to negotiate the re-entry of a companion who’d briefly left The
Spensley’s Emporium in North Yorkshire, England. A cell phone video taken by an eyewitness showed
Hayes pleading his case to the security worker, at about 12:45 am. Then, seemingly out of nowhere,
the latter punched and knocked him unconscious. Hayes’ friend came to his defense, but he too was
viciously struck by the bad tempered bouncer. It was reported that Hayes,
an employee at a Papa John’s location on Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, required hospitalization to
repair the badly broken nose inflicted by the bouncer. When speaking to reporters in the
incident’s aftermath, the young man described how his friend had left the club to get some money,
but was stopped at the door upon his return. He’d attempted to explain the situation,
but the club worker became increasingly agitated until he eventually lashed out in violence.
Subsequent reports indicated that local police had opened an investigation
into the matter to determine whether criminal charges were warranted.
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