JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The fifth suspect concerned within the Tampa homicide of Jacksonville rapper, Charles Jones, who additionally goes by “Julio Foolio,” is in custody after greater than six months on the run.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace stated Davion Murphy, 27, was taken into custody with the assistance of its gang unit and the U.S. Marshals Service at a Jacksonville house complicated. He was booked into the Duval County Pre-Trial Detention Facility.
Pictured: Davion Murphy. Courtesy: Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace.
Murphy has been wished within the homicide of the 26-year-old rapper since June 23, when 5 suspects traveled to Tampa to hold out a lethal capturing that was described as an ongoing gang conflict.
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Rashad Murphy, 30, Isaiah Likelihood, 21, Alicia Andrews, 21, and Sean Gathright, 18, have all been charged with first-degree homicide within the case.
Likelihood and Andrews have been described because the “lookouts,” who adopted Jones as he moved round Tampa to 2 golf equipment whereas celebrating his birthday on June 22. Within the early morning hours of June 23, the rapper traveled to the Home2Suites close to USF, the place surveillance video recorded three shooters firing at his car within the parking zone, killing him.
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Prosecutors say they’re weighing whether or not to hunt the demise penalty towards any of the suspects charged within the demise of rapper Charles Jones, often known as Julio Foolio. 4 suspects appeared in courtroom Wednesday.
The suspected shooters had been later recognized as Gathright, Rashad Murphy, and Davion Murphy. Rashad Murphy and Likelihood are documented members of two completely different gangs often known as “ATK” and “1200.” These gangs are each rivals to Jones’ gang, “6 Block.”
Jones was recognized for feuding with different artists and for his involvement in a lethal gang beef. His songs even featured violent lyrics, and a few had been about precise murders.
Authorities stated the feud between 6 Block and ATK and 1200 has spanned greater than a decade with dozens of murders by and towards either side. They consider it is what led to Jones’ homicide.
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Surveillance video from the evening Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio was shot and killed in Tampa performed in a courtroom as three suspects confronted a choose Thursday.
“Detectives consider that the ATK and the 1200 labored collectively to focus on Jones as a part of an ongoing feud in Jacksonville,” Bercaw stated on the time.
Previous to the capturing, Jones posted on Instagram that he was in Tampa celebrating his birthday.
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