Nine People Arrested After Feud Over Rap Beef Turns Violent And Leaves Innocent Victim In Las Vegas Dead

A dice crippled astatine a Las Vegas location turned deadly erstwhile a rap feud erupted into gunfire, leaving 1 dormant and 9 group facing execution charges.

Michael Simmons Jr., 22, was astatine a location connected Coja Street for a dice crippled connected July 9, 2025, erstwhile he was fatally changeable successful nan head. Simmons, described by those who knew him arsenic a beloved barber and begetter to a two-year-old daughter, was not nan intended target, constabulary say.

Investigators opportunity nan shooters were aiming for Ishad “Shady Rose” Livingston, an alleged personnel of a rival pack who was believed to beryllium surviving astatine nan home, nan Las Vegas Review Journal reported.

Nine group person been arrested successful relationship pinch nan shooting, pinch nan astir caller fishy taken into custody this week, according to nan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Jamar Holman, 33, was arrested Wednesday and booked into nan Clark County Detention Center connected suspicion of unfastened murder, conspiracy to perpetrate murder, attempted execution and 2 counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied building pinch nan intent to beforehand aliases assistance a criminal gang.

Holman, believed to beryllium affiliated pinch nan “Five” thoroughfare gang, reportedly conspired pinch respective others, including Rashid “Uchies” Soukesian, Eduardo “T-Raw” Baez, Artavious “Da Dogg” Woods, Calvin “Spark G” Hicks, Rickey “Ratchet/Lit Rickey” Allen and Johntyrae “John Stockton/Tiny Sol” Mitchell, to transportation retired nan shooting.

On nan nighttime of nan shooting, Simmons was successful nan car shed pinch Livingston and others playing a dice crippled erstwhile shots rang out. Officers arrived conscionable earlier 12:40 a.m. and Simmons was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene. Investigators allege that much than 40 rounds were fired into nan car shed wherever they were gathered.

The unit was allegedly fueled by an ongoing feud betwixt members of nan Five pack and a rival group known arsenic “YNIC,” according to investigators. The conflict escalated aft nan July 2024 decease of Five personnel Gerald “Poo Pistols” Harvey.

Police opportunity that Harvey had been successful a “well-known” rap feud pinch nan alleged target, Livingston, and nan 2 had antecedently changeable each different during a January 2024 incident successful North Las Vegas. Authorities judge that feud yet led to nan retaliation effort that killed Simmons.

Holman is believed to beryllium nan last outstanding fishy successful nan investigation, Metro spokesperson Robert Wicks said Friday. He was denied bail connected Thursday, accourding to tribunal records.

The different suspects – Soukesian, Baez, Woods, Hicks, Allen and Mitchell – person each been arrested successful caller months and look charges including murder, conspiracy to perpetrate murder, shooting into an occupied building and racketeering. Each has pleaded not guilty, according to tribunal records.

All defendants scheduled to beryllium successful tribunal Tuesday for a position check.