XXXTentacion’s killers have been sentenced to life in jail for the homicide of the late rapper.
On Thursday (April 6), Circuit Decide Michael A. Usan sentenced the three males, Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome and Dedrick Williams to life in jail. The trio have been beforehand discovered responsible of homicide within the deadly 2018 capturing loss of life of XXXTentacion in a jury trial on March 20, 2023.
Decide Usan sentenced Trayvon Newsome, who was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide with a firearm and theft with a lethal weapon, to life in jail with a ten year-minimum obligatory for each counts 1 and a couple of, which is able to run concurrently.
Decide Usan sentenced Dedrick Williams, who additionally was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide with a firearm and theft with a lethal weapon, to life in jail with a ten year-minimum obligatory for counts 1 and 2, which is able to run concurrently.
Lastly, Decide Usan sentenced Michael Boatwright, who additionally was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide with a firearm that resulted in homicide and theft with a lethal weapon, to life in jail for each counts 1 and a couple of, which is able to run concurrently.
“You turned a theft right into a homicide,” Usan admonished Boatwright. “On that day, if you stood there and fired that weapon you ended 5 lives, together with your personal.”
A fourth individual Robert Allen, who pled responsible to second-degree homicide, has not been sentenced as of but.
All three males have 30 days to attraction the choose’s sentencing.
In the course of the sentencing, XXXTentacion’s supervisor Solomon Sobande, aka Solomon Sounds, learn an influence assertion on behalf of the late rapper’s household. You’ll be able to watch it right here.
“It is a loss we’ll by no means really get better from,” Sobande mentioned within the courtroom. “We are going to by no means get to see Jahseh dwell to his full potential, we’ll by no means get to observe him develop previous, we’ll by no means get to observe him be a father.”
XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed exterior of Riva Motorsports in Deerfield Seashore, Fla., on June 18, 2018, after looking for bikes. XXX was along with his uncle, Leonard Kerr, when his BMW was blocked by an SUV that drove in entrance of them. Two masked gunmen jumped out of the automobile and confronted XXXTentacion and one individual shot him repeatedly. The suspects ran off with a Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000 money that XXX had simply withdrawn from the financial institution.
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