Pal Bidong, a 20-year-old South Sudanese Australian rapper who performed under the name “Peezy,” was tragically shot and killed at a Halloween party in Melbourne, Australia. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning around 3:15 a.m. on Langford Street in North Melbourne.

Bidong was attending a Halloween rave when he was shot. Responding officers found him with a gunshot wound, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Kot Monoah, a South Sudanese Australian lawyer and former chairperson of the South Sudanese Community Association of Victoria, told 9News that Bidong’s death may be linked to an ongoing “east versus west” feud between South Sudanese gangs in Melbourne. However, Monoah emphasized that Bidong was not associated with any gang and appeared to be an innocent bystander who tragically became a victim of this ongoing conflict.

Melbourne’s South Sudanese community is now mourning the loss of a young talent whose promising career was ended far too soon.