Outkast rapper Big Boi's uncle is fatally shot in horrific road-rage incident
Remoin Patton, 62, the uncle of the 50-year-old rapper (real name: Antwan André Patton), was found dead by officers on June 16, shortly after 5:30 p.m., on the 200 block of Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
The department announced Friday that two people have since been arrested in connection with the killing.
Big Boi is responsible for founding one of the most acclaimed hip-hop duos of all time, Outkast, along with André 3000 (real name: André Lauren Benjamin).
DailyMail.com has contacted Big Boi's representative for comment but hasn't yet heard back.
According to police, Patton had been behind the wheel and was attempting to make a turn when he got into a verbal argument with another vehicle.
'During the altercation, the victim was shot, causing him to crash his vehicle into a vacant residence,' the APD's press release states.
Patton was later found by officers with a gunshot to the back, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
'The car just turned and crashed into the house. Actually the double windows were right here,' Chris Walker, who was housesitting the property for its landlord, told WSBTV.
'I'm like, "What the heck happened to my place that I'm staying now?"' Walker continued. 'I never thought it would be this property.'
Footage from the station shows that Patton appears to have hit a support post on the home's covered porch and crashed through a section of its front wall, which was subsequently covered with a tarp.
Police announced Friday that a suspected gunman had been arrested as part of its investigation.
Jabyrion Crumbley, 18, was said to have been joined by his attorney when he turned himself in to police on Wednesday, July 2, at the Fulton County Jail, where he was booked.
Crumbley has been charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
'The car just turned and crashed into the house. Actually the double windows were right here,' Chris Walker, who was housesitting the property for its landlord, told WSBTV; the house is pictured with a tarp covering where Patton's car crashed into the home
Jabyrion Crumbley(L), 18, was joined by his attorney when he turned himself in to police on July 2 at the Fulton County Jail, where he was booked for murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Police had previously arrested 32-year-old Janisha Crumbley (R) on June 20, during a traffic stop. She was charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon
In a tribute post shared the same day on Instagram, he shared numerous photos and video of his uncle Remoin, writing, 'Long Live Uncle Moonie ….Miss ya UNC 💔 To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord'
According to jail records viewed by DailyMail.com, Crumbley remains in jail without bail as of Friday.
Police had previously arrested 32-year-old Janisha Crumbley on June 20, during a traffic stop. She was charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon.
According to jail records, she was booked on June 21 and released on a $30,000 surety bond the following day.
'Everybody who knows Uncle Moonie heart aches,' Big Boi said in a statement to WSBTV on Thursday.
'He wasn't just "My" Uncle, he was Unk to all that met him. A moment of rage has in totally pierced the heart of my family forever,' he continued. 'May Uncle Moonie's soul rest in peace.'
In a tribute post shared the same day on Instagram, he shared numerous photos and video of his uncle Remoin, writing, 'Long Live Uncle Moonie ….Miss ya UNC 💔 To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.'
Big Boi and André 3000 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year under their Outkast moniker.
The group hasn't released an album since 2006, though both have released multiple solo albums in the ensuing years.
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