XXXTentacion Killing: 4 Men Indicted in Rapper’s Broad-Daylight Slaying
Four men have been indicted on first-degree murder and armed robbery charges in the fatal June shooting of controversial rapper XXXTentacion.
Dedrick Williams, 22; Michael Boatwright, 22; Trayvon Newsome, 20; and Robert Allen, 22, were all formally charged by a Florida grand juryin Broward County on Wednesday, PEOPLE confirms.
XXXTentacion (né Jahseh Onfroy), 20, was shot and killed on June 18 while leaving a motorsports dealership outside Fort Lauderdale in his home state of Florida just before 4 p.m.
Two of the men, Allen and Newsome, are still being searched for by police. Williams, meanwhile, was arrested two days after the shooting while Boatright was taken into police custody on July 5 on a series of unrelated drug charges. He was served with his warrant while at the BSO Main Jail.
Investigators say Boatwright and Newsome were both armed when they confronted XXXTentacion. Boatwright is named in the indictment as the person who fatally shot XXXTentacion.
A Broward County public information officer told PEOPLE that the arrest warrant filed in Boatwright’s case has been sealed, but a copy of it obtained by the Associated Press gave details of the case.
At the scene, XXXTentacion’s car was reportedly blocked as it was exiting the Riva Motor Sports motorcycle shop by a dark-colored SUV driven by Williams, police said in the warrant, the AP reported. Two masked, armed men came out of the car and tried to rob XXXTentacion of his Louis Vuitton bag, which contained $50,000 in cash. XXXTentacion struggled and was shot multiple times by one or more of the gunman. They then took the bag and fled the scene.
The AP reported that Williams was seen in the store on surveillance cameras with XXXTentacion while the late star was shopping, according to the warrant. He told police that he did not know in advance they intended to rob XXXTentacion, and was fearful of being labelled a snitch in prison if he told the truth.
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