Three males have been arrested in reference to the capturing of Lil Tjay, one in all which police consider to have been the shooter. Police say the rapper was the sufferer of an alleged tried theft.
On Wednesday night (June 22), the Bergen County, N.J. Prosecutor’s Workplace launched an announcement revealing that 27-year-old Mohamed Konate has been arrested and accused of being the first suspect within the capturing of Tjay. Konate has been charged with three counts of tried homicide, three counts of armed theft and varied different illegal weapons expenses.
Based on the Edgewater, N.J. Police Division, Lil Tjay was shot within the early hours of Wednesday morning when Konate allegedly tried to rob the “In My Head” artist and two different males he was with on the time. When the capturing went down, Tjay and his two associates, Jeffery Valdez and Antoine Boyd, had been reportedly at The Promenade, an upscale buying middle in Edgewater, N.J. Konate’s extradition to New Jersey is presently pending after he was arrested by detectives from each the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Workplace and the New York Metropolis Police Division.
As beforehand reported, 22-year-old Lil Tjay was one in all two victims shot within the posh New Jersey space simply after midnight with one in all TJay’s aforementioned pals being the opposite sufferer.
Within the midst of the investigation, each Jeffery Valdez and Antoine Boyd had been arrested after police say they had been every charged with possession of an illegal weapon. Valdez and Boyd have been remanded to custody in Bergen County Jail and could have their first courtroom look on the Central Judicial Processing Courtroom in Hackensack, N.J. at an undisclosed time.
Lil Tjay was reportedly shot a number of instances through the alleged tried theft. Following emergency surgical procedure, TMZ reported that the Bronx, N.Y. native was upgraded from crucial to steady situation.
When information of the capturing broke, the Bergen County, N.J. Prosecutor’s Workplace launched an announcement concerning the incident.
“The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Workplace Main Crimes Unit and the Edgewater Police Division are investigating a capturing that occurred at 14 The Promenade, Edgewater, NJ on Wednesday, June 22, 2022,” the assertion reads. “At roughly 12:08 a.m. on June 22, the Edgewater Police Division responded to a 911 name reporting a capturing at that tackle. Responding officers discovered a 22-year-old sufferer with a number of gunshot wounds. Officers additionally responded to the Exxon Station positioned at 478 River Highway, Edgewater, the place they positioned one other 22-year-old sufferer with a gunshot wound. Each victims had been transported to an space hospital the place they’re being handled.”
XXL has reached out to Lil Tjay’s crew and the Edgewater Police Division for remark.
Lil Tjay, a 2020 XXL Freshmen, rose to prominence in 2019 following his December 2018 mission No Comparability. He adopted up with huge singles like “Zoo York” that includes Pop Smoke and Fivio Overseas and “FN,” and the albums True 2 Myself in 2019 and Destined 2 Win in 2021. As of late, he is been engaged on the follow-up to his mission Strictly4MyFans and has not too long ago launched the singles “In My Head” and “Goin Up”.
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