Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie, 5 year-old daughter killed in Dallas shooting Monday morning
A shooting at a North Texas car wash Monday killed a 5-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man who was reportedly local rapper G$ Lil Ronnie.
Police said two suspects opened fire at the victims shortly before 11 a.m. in Forest Hill, a suburb about 30 miles west of Dallas. Officers performed life-saving measures but both victims were pronounced dead at the scene at Slappy's Express Car Wash on Forest Hill Drive.
A preliminary investigation found that the suspects fled the scene in a white four-door Kia after approaching the victim's vehicle, according to the Forest Hill Police Department. Both suspects were described as Black males wearing blue jeans and gray sweaters.
Police have identified one suspect in connection to the shooting, who is now the subject of an active capital murder warrant. Names of the suspects have not been made public.
A witness at the scene said they heard around 20 to 30 gunshots, CBS News Texas reported. Police believe it was a targeted shooting.
An investigation has been opened and is being led by the Texas Rangers. The Forest Hill Criminal Division, Fort Worth Police Department, Everman Police Department, Kennedale Police Department and Tarrant County Sheriff's Office are also involved.
The shooting marks the fourth and fifth homicides in Forest Hill this year compared to none in 2024, the police department said.
Friends and family have identified the man killed as rapper Ronnie "Lil Ronnie" Smith, also known as G$ Lil Ronnie, according to local stations WFAA and CBS News Texas.
Smith's aunt, Stella Houston, said her nephew had no known enemies that she knew of, WFAA reported.
"He was a good kid. He was," Houston told WFAA. "He didn't bother nobody."
Smith had around 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. His highest streaming track was "Hoodfame Killuminati," off a 2018 collaborative project with Go Yayo, whose real name is Kyrin Xavier Peters.
Peters posted a photo of the two on his Instagram story Monday and wrote "Life or death 4 u big brudda."
The Forest Hill Police Department is urging anyone with information on the shooting or the suspect's whereabouts to call 817-531-5250 or email policeinvestigations@foresthilltx.org.
— USA TODAY contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: North Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie, daughter killed in car wash shooting
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