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Rapper kill doing music video by friend with gun use as prop
Aspiring rapper, 21, killed while filming music video 'when member of his crew shot him with gun used as a prop'
- Keaway Lafonz Ivy, known as Kealo, was shot and killed in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, Wednesday night
- Police arrested 21-year-old Lafonzo Leonard Iracks in Washington DC Friday in connection to killing
- Iracks allegedly shot Ivy once in the chest from a gun used in the filming of the video
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An aspiring 21-year-old rapper was shot dead while making a music video in Maryland Wednesday when police say one of the people in his entourage fired a gun that was being used a prop.
Keaway Lafonz Ivy, who went by the stage name Kealo, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after being struck by a bullet in the area of 62nd Place and Eastern Avenue in Seat Pleasant Wednesday night.
On Friday, police arrested 21-year-old Lafonzo Leonard Iracks and charged him in connection to Ivy's slaying.
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Keaway Lafonz Ivy, 21, who went by the stage name Kealo, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest while filming a music video in Maryland Wednesday. He was accompanied by as many as 20 people
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According to investigators, Ivy was shooting a rap video with about 20 people at around 10.30pm in the parking lot of a housing complex when a gun being used as an accessory went off, killing the musician, reported WJLA.
Police were able to determine that Lafonzo Iracks was involved in the filming of the video, but he fled the scene after Ivy's death.
Officers tracked down the 21-year-old suspect to Northwest Washington DC Friday morning and apprehended him. Iracks is facing a first-degree murder charge, according to NBC Washington.
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Arrest made: Police in Washington DC arrested and charged 21-year-old Lafonzo Iracks, accusing him of killing his friend Ivy during filming Wednesday
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There is no word at this time on a possible motive behind the killing of the prolific YouTube artist and aspiring rapper.
Most of Kealo's music videos feature the rapper puffing on a cigarette and posing with thick stacks of bills while surrounded by a pose of young men.
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Dangerous game: Ivy, who often posed for pictures and videos brandishing guns and stacks of bills, was allegedly shot with a gun he was using a a prop in the music video
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3WIjVxmK6
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smh
tho.
No wonder some cops draw their guns so fast. They be scared if one of these young black guys pull one out first! 