03-05-2025
TikToker Baba Skeng assassinated during live stream as he's shot several times while filming in Jamaica
The TikToker Baba Skeng was murdered in an execution-style hit while recording a live stream in Saint Andrew, Jamaica on Monday.
The online star, 25, whose real name is Jabari Johnson was filming live content with another TikToker when he was shot several times.
Horrifying footage of the murder shows him laughing and talking with his friend just moments before his killer opened fire.
The shooter, masked and dressed in all black, approached Johnson from behind and blasted him at close range.
He was hit multiple times in the head and upper body, and he fell to the ground as terrified screams rang out. The gunman then fled on foot.
The TikToker, who WAS the son of reggae star Jah Mason, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to The Jamaica Observer.
Officers with the Saint Andrew North Police Division have launched an investigation into Johnson's killing.
The brutal attack occurred Monday around 6.30pm near Queenie's Snack Shop on Red Hills Road.
Johnson had reportedly been livestreaming while playing a game with a fellow TikToker.
His father confirmed to the Observer that his son had been killed, but declined to comment any further as the family is still processing the tragedy.
Shocking: The shooter, masked and dressed in all black, approached Johnson from behind
His death follows that of three other high profile Jamaican TikTokers who were killed late last year.
Marlon Samuels, known online as '41 Busshead,' was fatally shot on December 20, 2024 in Montego Bay.
Fourteen days prior, on December 7, 2024, Xavier 'Niah Gang' Fogah, 23, was gunned down St Catherine.
And in September 2024, a group of armed assailants murdered 23-year-old Keauno 'Popsy' Watson.
