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A jury on Monday convicted the 3 men accused of murdering rapper XXXTentacion in Florida in 2018, following more than a week of deliberations.
The 20-year-old artist, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was shot to death on June 18, 2018, outside of a motorcycle shop north of Miami.
In the attack, the rapper was in a car leaving Riva Motorsports when an SUV blocked his vehicle & 2 masked gunmen came out of it. 1 repeatedly shot at the rapper & the assailants grabbed a Louis Vuitton bag from the car with $50,000 inside & escaped in the SUV.
Dedrick Williams, 26; Trayvon Newsome, 24; & Michael Boatwright, 28, were each found guilty of first-degree murder & armed robbery in Broward County court.
All 3 men are scheduled to return to court on April 6 for a sentencing hearing. The first-degree murder charges come with life sentences.
The trio had pleaded not guilty. A 4th person, Robert Allen, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last year & testified for the prosecution against the other 3.
Prosecutors said that Boatwright was the gunman who opened fire, that Newsome was the other gunman & that Williams was the driver of the SUV. Surveillance video played in court showed the attack, depicting the moment 2 masked gunmen target the rapper's car with guns drawn & 1 appears to shoot through the driver's side window.
The defense tried to cast doubt on Allen’s testimony & pointed to the failure of detectives to investigate XXXTentacion’s feud with rapper Drake, but prosecutors said there was no evidence linking Drake to the shooting.
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Source: NBC News
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