Two men shot dead following fight at sports bar

Two Warner Robins men are dead after reports of an “active shooter” at a local sports bar.

Just after 1 a.m. Thursday, Warner Robins police and Houston County sheriff’s deputies responded to Jus One More at 4993 Russell Parkway, according to a news release.

Kenny Odel Hart Jr., 24, and Jabrial Odeal Adams, 26, suffered fatal gunshot wounds to their chest areas.

A video allegedly from inside the bar after the shooting was posted on Facebook.

The images show people attending to the victims on the floor and overturned chairs in the bar in the Plantation Mill shopping center, not far east of Interstate 75.

People who work at nearby businesses say the bar’s clientele had changed recently.

Kiandre Robinson, shift leader at Marco’s Pizza, has worked in the shopping plaza for about four years.

Jus One More had been a “chill biker bar,” but in recent months it became a popular spot for college students from Fort Valley State University, Georgia Military College and Central Georgia Technical College.

Wednesday nights, he said, was the bar’s most popular night.

“The parking lot would be full, front and back,” he said.

Aside from the standard fight, nothing particularly violent has happened near the bar, he said, so he was surprised when he learned about the fatal shooting on social media.

Garfield “DJ Smooth” Walker was at the bar during the shooting and said it wasn’t as busy as it usually is on Wednesdays because of the weather. He estimated the crowd at less than two hundred people.

Walker, who had been deejaying at the bar since October, was behind a closed door in an office when he heard the shots. He stayed there.

“I was in a room right next to the freezer,” he said. “Everybody moved, and when I did come out of the (room), I noticed two victims that were laying on the floor in the back area. There were people there trying to help them … I could just see from afar.”

Warner Robins police spokeswoman Jennifer Parson said one of the victims was transported to the hospital in Peach County where he was pronounced dead.

The other man was dead at the scene, she said.

Investigators believe a fight broke out before the gunfire, but no suspect has been identified.

The majority of the Plantation Mill shopping center was roped off with yellow tape as investigators searched for evidence.

Some bar patrons and witnesses were detained at the scene during the investigation.

Just after 5 a.m., some of them were allowed to leave after their vehicles were searched.

At least one car, possibly belonging to one of the victims, was towed from the parking lot.

Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Detective Shane Mann at 478-302-5378 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

This story was originally published March 2, 2017 at 11:46 AM with the headline "Two men shot dead following fight at sports bar."