Rapper and 5-Year-Old Daughter Dead After Harrowing, On-Camera Attack
Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter died tragically in a shooting on Monday, and part of the horrific attack was caught on video.
As TMZ reported, the 30-year-old rapper–whose legal name is Ronnie Smith–and his daughter, R'Mani, were sitting inside his car at a car wash in the Fort Worth suburb of Forest Hills at 10:45 a.m. on March 3 when two men exited a white four-door Kia and approached the vehicle, opening fire.
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Police said they are currently reviewing the surveillance footage that began circulating online shortly after the attack, which shows the gunmen chasing Ronnie around the car wash before the rapper was seen on the ground next to a red car.
While officers arrived minutes later, both Ronnie and R'Mani were pronounced dead at the scene. Law enforcement officials believe the attack was targeted and have issued a murder warrant for one of the shooters that they identified.
"Currently, we are not ready to release the suspect's name as the investigation continues," Forest Hill said in a news release shared with local ABC affiliate WFAA.
Ronnie's aunt, Stella Houston, told WFAA that her nephew had no known enemies.
"He was a good kid. He was," Houston said. "He didn't bother nobody."
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In an Instagram post from just a few weeks ago, Ronnie and R'Mani posed alongside the little girl's friend at a school Valentine's Day celebration.
"My BabyGirl Couldn't Stand The Fact Her Friend Was Sad 😔 This Morning Her Daddy Couldn't Make it to Donuts With Daddy This Morning So Yu Know We Let Her kno it's Ok 2 Join us & She Can Snap it Up & That Changed her Whole Mood ❤️💙 My Lil Valentines Literally 💘," the post's caption read.
In the comments on the post, fans mourned the loss of the father and daughter.
"This is just terrible. Senseless and Terrible 😩the mom in me I cannot 🙏😭shambles. Straight shambles after@seeing this post," wrote one person.
"This baby didn't deserve that 💔," another agreed.
"Yall better find out who did this bs," someone else wrote in part.
The business, which was later identified as Slappy's Car Wash, told local reporters that it is "shocked, appalled, and deeply troubled by the senseless and violent events that occurred today."
"Right now, there are more questions than answers. Thankfully, law enforcement and medics responded quickly and worked to secure the area, protect and treat the victims as well as our people who were working early this morning," the statement continued.
Slappy's Car Wash said it would be closed for at least two days following the fatal shooting.
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