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Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
G$ Lil Ronnie Murder Suspect Arrested
A suspect in the murder of rapper G$ Lil Ronnie has been arrested ... TMZ has confirmed. Forrest Hills Police Chief David Hernandez tells TMZ … Adonis Robinson -- a 24-year-old man -- was arrested in Livingston, Texas ... about 75 miles outside of Houston. The Intelligence division of the FHPD was involved in the arrest ... though it's unclear how they tracked Robinson down. We're told a second suspect -- a 21-year-old named Jakobe Russell -- is still at large. As you know ... G$ Lil Ronnie and his five-year-old daughter R'Mani were shot to death at a car wash in Forrest Hills -- a suburb near Fort Worth, TX Monday. The two were spending time together to celebrate her birthday when cops say the two suspects jumped out of their white Kia and fired multiple bullets into the car, killing R'Mani and wounding Ronnie. We obtained video from the scene which shows then men then chase Ronnie around the parking lot ... before killing him. Officers arrived at the scene, but they could not save the two. The suspects were identified by law enforcement Wednesday ... and, Chief Hernandez called the two men cowards. A motive for the shooting hasn't been identified.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rapper G$ Lil Ronnie & 5-Year-Old Daughter Killed in Shooting at Car Wash
Rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter were killed in a double-shooting on Monday morning (March 3) in Texas. According to local affiliate Fox 4, Lil Ronnie (born Ronnie 'Chuckie' Smith) and his daughter, R'Mani, were identified by family members as victims of the shooting at a car wash in Fort Hills. Police say both were pronounced dead at the scene. More from Billboard Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2025 LISA Recalls Messing Up the Lyrics to a Rihanna Song at Her BLACKPINK Audition: 'I Was So Nervous' Tate McRae Rules Artist 100 Chart, Hits Hot 100 With 11 Songs From 'So Close to What' R'Mani had just celebrated her fifth birthday a day before the shooting, according to the family. 'He was a rapper. He didn't bother nobody. He didn't target nobody. He was a family man, and he was going around rapping, OK. Why would you target him?' said the rapper's aunt, Stella Houston, told Fox 4. 'Cleaning the car out, and somebody came through shooting and killed him and the baby. And a baby. His baby. A baby!' According to a press release Forest Hill Police Department shared with Billboard that did not identify the victims, two suspects — who were described as Black men in jeans and gray sweaters — exited a Kia and approached the victim's vehicle, which was parked at a bay in the car wash, before the suspects opened fire and fled the scene. Law enforcement attempted 'life-saving measures' on both victims, who were later pronounced dead at the scene, per the Forest Hill PD. An arrest warrant has been issued for one of the suspects, who has been identified. G$ Lil Ronnie's last album arrived with his Literally project in 2023. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
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. 🎬 🎬 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." Related: 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. Next:
