YNW Melly has pled not responsible to 2 counts first-degree homicide.
A supply near the case confirms to XXL that the “Mixed Personalities” rapper, whose actual title is Jamell Demons, entered the plea on Tuesday (Mar. 5).
He was arrested and charged with two counts first-degree homicide on Feb. 13 stemming from the October 2018 taking pictures his buddies, Anthony Williams (YNW Sakchaser) and Christopher Thomas Jr. (YNW Juvy), close to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cortlen Henry (YNW Bortlen) was additionally arrested in reference to the killings.
The Miramar Police Division believes that Demons and Henry shot the boys and staged the crime to make it look like Williams and Thomas Jr. have been killed throughout a drive-by taking pictures. The 2 males have been pronounced lifeless on the hospital after being shot within the head, torso, and again.
Henry instructed police that he and his buddies have been driving on the freeway after wrapping a late-night studio session when a automobile pulled up on the motive force’s aspect and opened hearth. There have been eight bullet holes alongside the precise aspect the car the place Williams and Thomas have been seated.
In the course of the investigation, cops discovered forensic proof together with a shell casing contained in the car, together with eight matching shell casings in a unique location, the place cops suppose Melly and Henry shot up the automobile to make it appear like a drive-by.
Cops say after Williams and Thomas have been shot, Melly and Henry drove around with the lifeless our bodies “for a interval time” to presumably purchase time and provide you with a narrative for the boys’s loss of life.
Previous to turning himself in, Melly addressed the homicide prices on Instagram. “A pair months in the past I misplaced my two brothers by violence and now the system wish to discover justice,” he wrote. “Sadly loads rumors and lies are being mentioned however no worries god is with me and my brother @ynw.bortlen.”