Three years after the deadly capturing of 20-year-old American rapper Pop Smoke, an 18-year-old man has confessed to killing the artiste in February 2020.

Smoke was shot and killed throughout a house invasion theft at an Airbnb residence in Hollywood Hills, the place he was staying briefly, on February 19. It was later decided that he suffered a deadly gunshot wound to the torso.

A number of months after the capturing in July, 5 individuals have been taken into custody, one among whom was not charged.

The shooter, whose id has been withheld as he was 15 on the time of the homicide, was charged with first-degree homicide and confessed to the crime on Friday in juvenile court docket. The 18-year-old is anticipated to stay in custody till he turns 25.

A 20-year-old defendant within the case, who was 17 on the time of the homicide, pleaded responsible to voluntary manslaughter earlier this yr and confronted fees as a juvenile. The remaining defendants, Keandre Rodgers and Corey Walker, who have been 18 and 19, have been charged with homicide and, if convicted, might obtain the dying penalty.

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Smoke, born Bashar Jackson, was an on-the-rise drill rapper from Brooklyn, New York, on the time of his dying. Smoke launched his debut single, MPR, in 2018. The younger rapper was propelled to stardom with the discharge of his later singles, Welcome to the Get together and Dior, in 2019, which have been featured on his mixtape Meet the Woo Vol.1.

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