The owners of a shuttered Capitol Heights nightclub turned over their liquor license after learning the club faced multiple charges for violations of Prince George’s County liquor board laws.
A letter sent to MSG Nightclub owner Eric Pickens on Aug. 12 outlines the violations the club faced after a drive-by shooting on Aug. 8 left one woman dead.
According to the letter, signed by liquor board Chairman Franklin Jackson, “the operation of the establishment constitutes a danger to the peace and safety of the neighborhood. Further, the licensed establishment was open after the legal closure hour of 2 a.m., and a minor was present on the licensed establishment.”
Rather than face a hearing at which the board could have suspended or revoked his business’ liquor license, Pickens turned over the license voluntarily on Aug. 17, according to officials at the liquor board.
The underage minor, Jasmine Banks, 20, was shot in the head as she left MSG the morning of Aug. 8.
MSG has been closed since Aug. 9, when county police and officials with the Department of Environmental Resources used a new law that cracks down on clubs and dance halls with violent reputations to shutter the venue.
