Date 2018-06-19
Category Gist & Gossip
20 year old Rapper, XXXTentacion Shot and Killed in Florida |
Rapper XXXtentacion (born Jahseh Onfroy) was killed in a shooting on Monday in Miami, Broward police have confirmed. The musician was 20 years old.
According to TMZ, the rapper was shot by an unknown gunman in a black Dodge Journey with dark tint and black wheels. “According to the dispatch call the suspects were described 2 black males wearing hoodies, and the shooter was wearing a red mask,” TMZ reports.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed his death on Twitter.
#BreakingNews The adult male that was taken to the hospital has been pronounced dead.
— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) June 18, 2018
E! News reports that videos of the scene have circulated across social media:
Law enforcement confirmed to E! News that a shooting occurred in Deerfield Beach at 3:57 p.m. local time. Videos circulating on social media showed what appeared to be an unconscious man resembling XXXTentacion sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle.
A Louis Vuitton bag was also taken from XXXTentacion’s vehicle, according to witnesses.
The rapper released his second album in March, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and included the hits “Sad!” and “Changes.” Recently, XXXTentacion was embroiled in a controversy when his music was removed from Spotify as part of a new policy. This stemmed from his 2016 arrest on various charges that includes “witness tampering and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman,” according to the New York Times.
