YNW Melly has been arrested and charged within the double homicide two his mates.
The Florida rapper, whose actual identify is Jamell Demons, was charged with two counts first-degree homicide stemming from the Oct. 26, 2018 taking pictures Anthony Williams (YNW Sakchaser) and Christopher Thomas Jr. (YNW Juvy) close to Fort Lauderdale. Cortlen Henry was additionally arrested in reference to the killings.
In response to the Miramar Police Division, Demons and Henry shot the lads and staged the crime to make it appear to be Williams and Thomas Jr. had been killed throughout a drive-by taking pictures. Williams and Thomas had been taken in a Jeep to Memorial Hospital Miramar emergency room, the place they had been pronounced lifeless.
(2/2) Demons shot and killed Williams & Thomas Jr. and that Demons and Henry staged the crime scene to resemble a drive-by taking pictures. pic.twitter.com/EukFxD4OEq
— Miramar Police (@MiramarPD) February 14, 2019
The police imagine Demons shot the 2 males, whereas Henry drove the automotive. In response to TMZ, forensic proof linked the 2 males to the crime.
Previous to turning himself in, YNW took to Instagram to deal with his followers. “To all my followers and supporters no I didn’t get locked up in Washington , however I’m turning myself in right this moment I need you guys to know I like you and recognize each single one y’all,” he wrote. “A pair months in the past I misplaced my two brothers by violence and now the system wish to discover justice.. sadly quite a bit rumors and lies are being stated however no worries god is with me and my brother @ynw.bortlen.”
Melly broke onto the scene together with his gold-certified single “Homicide On My Thoughts.” Final month, he dropped his newest EP We All Shine that includes the Kanye West-assisted single “Mixed Personalities.”