EDEN, N.C. — A man is dead after a shooting at a bar in Eden Sunday that left the community shaken.
Eden police said they responded to The Rabbit Hole in reference to a shooting around 1:00 a.m.
Once officers arrived, they found Al Jamar Lindsey, 39, with multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot.
Despite life-saving measures, Lindsey died at the scene.
After the initial investigation, police discovered two women who were fighting when Lindsey. They say Lindsey, who was not involved in the fight, was approached by a person who fired shots at him in close range.
One man who lives near the bar says the shots woke he and his son up.
"I go to come outside to the front door my son wonders what's going on we go outside and there's people running everywhere, scattering, cars going every direction, cars you can hear, people hollering behind the bar," he recalled.
The person left The Rabbit Hole after the shooting and has not been found.
Heels taken off in a hurry remain along the sidewalk feet away from the entrance.
"We were told that people was (were) running down to people's doors, knocking on the door, saying they were scared, and needed somewhere to go," the man recalled.
The man didn't want to disclose his identity for safety reasons. He says after seeing the chaos that followed the shooting, his seven-year-old is on edge.
"He didn't want to come back to bed, he was scared, bullets were going to come through his window, and then the whole night and the whole next day he was wondering if they got them yet, if they got them yet. He didn't want to go back to bed," he explained.
As police search for the suspect, the man who lives close by says he's thinking twice about where he lives.
The Rabbit Hole is in Eden City Councilmen Gerald Ellis’ ward.
Ellis says he was shocked to hear about the shooting death and his thoughts and prayers are with the family.
The investigation is ongoing.
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