{"id":144402,"date":"2018-06-21T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/xxxtentacion-suspect-arrested-in-rapper-murder-case-2\/"},"modified":"2018-06-21T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T13:58:58","slug":"xxxtentacion-suspect-arrested-in-rapper-murder-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/xxxtentacion-suspect-arrested-in-rapper-murder-case-2\/","title":{"rendered":"XXXTentacion: Suspect arrested in rapper murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dedrick Devonshay Williams\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/543C\/production\/_102146512_ba574dc0-9f6b-4a60-9744-7ce6be8892b0.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Broward County Sheriff&#039;s Office\/Twitter<figcaption>Image caption                                      Mr Williams was also charged with theft and driving without a licence                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of US rapper XXXTentacion.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, named as Dedrick D Williams, 22,  is facing a charge of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old rapper, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot as he left a motorcycle dealership in south Florida on Monday and died later in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Often described as one of rap&#039;s most controversial artists, he quickly rose to fame with two hit albums.<\/p>\n<p>He was facing domestic violence charges.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether police are looking for other suspects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The violent life and death of a troubled rap talent<\/li>\n<li>Controversy rages after rapper&#039;s shooting death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile an elderly couple faced death threats following social media rumours falsely linking them to the rapper&#039;s death.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Shutterstock<figcaption>Image caption                                      The rapper had been facing domestic violence charges                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police are guarding their home after a fan of the rapper posing as a pizza delivery man tried to visit them.<\/p>\n<p>Gina Carter, the public information officer for Broward County Sheriff&#039;s Office, tweeted that Mr Williams had been arrested at 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Wednesday in the city of Pompano Beach.<\/p>\n<p>More details of the arrest will be released later, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Williams has also been charged with a probation violation for theft of a motor vehicle and driving without a valid licence, the New York Daily News reports.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Emergency responders pictured near XXXTentacion&#039;s car following the shooting                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Onfroy was leaving the dealership shortly before 16:00 local time on Monday when two men approached him, officials say.  <\/p>\n<p>At least one of them shot him before both fled the scene in Deerfield Beach, 43 miles (69km) north of Miami, in a dark-coloured SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Video posted on social media apparently showed Onfroy slumped in his car. A witness told celebrity news website TMZ that multiple shots had been fired outside the dealership. <\/p>\n<p>The Broward County Sherriff&#039;s Office had offered a $3,000 (\u00a32,200) reward for any information about the killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Broward County Sheriff&#039;s Office\/TwitterImage caption Mr Williams was also charged with theft and driving without a licence Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}