Lil Child is going through the warmth from the Atlanta Police Division (APD) after the demise of two youngsters. Officers went so far as to name the “WHAM” rapper “cowardly” for his actions.
Throughout a press convention on Wednesday, February 26, officers from the APD introduced the arrests of seven people who find themselves charged with the July 2024 homicide of 13-year-old boys Jakody Davis and Lamon Freeman, in line with WSB-TV.
Main Ralph Woolfolk stated in the course of the press convention, “Lamont Friedman was allowed to be a 13-year-old for 27 minutes earlier than gang violence in the end took his life. Gang violence that was orchestrated by adults.”
“Cowardly acts of an Atlanta-based rapper that determined to go over right into a rival gang stronghold and shoot a music video in a spot that he knew he mustn’t have been,” he later added. “Within the subsequent days, we noticed homicides and shootings and, in the end, the deaths of two youngsters because of his cowardly actions and you recognize who you’re.”
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It was confirmed that Woolfolk was referencing Lil Child after the native information outlet obtained arrest warrants that referenced Dominique Jones, the rapper’s authorities identify.
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The chain of shootings started in Could 2024 when three males have been shot on the set of Child’s music video.
In July, in response to the taking pictures, seven males reportedly ambushed a birthday celebration that resulted within the demise of Freeman and Davis, per The Specific Tribune. The occasion was in celebration of Freeman’s 14th birthday and passed off exterior of his residence.
Davis’ 11-year-old youthful brother was additionally shot in the course of the incident. Though he was critically injured, he survived the taking pictures.
The seven males arrested and charged within the taking pictures are Quiyontay Sanders, Richard Hollis, Reginald Thomas, Dekeitheon Mobley, Markus Crawford, Tradon Crawford, and Ali Caldwell, in line with WSB-TV.
Atlanta police confirmed that the three youngsters who have been shot have been harmless bystanders and weren’t concerned in any gang actions.