In April, one in all 4 males charged within the February 2020 killing of rising rap star Pop Smoke was sentenced to 4 years and two months by the juvenile courtroom in Inglewood, California. Now, an 18-year-old man has admitted to killing the Brooklyn rapper (born Bashar Barakah Jackson) when he was 15.
The 18-year-old appeared in juvenile courtroom on Friday with a 19-year-old and 20-year-old man who’ve additionally been charged. Both the 18-year-old and 19-year previous (whose names are being withheld resulting from their ages on the time of the crime) will probably stay in juvenile custody till they flip 25.
Only one of many 4 males who charged in Pop Smoke’s killing — Corey Walker — is being charged in grownup courtroom as a result of he was 19 on the time of the crime and is now 22. He is presently awaiting a pretrial listening to scheduled for June 16 in LA.
Pop Smoke was killed when a gaggle of attackers broke into the Airbnb he was renting throughout a visit to Los Angeles. In 2021, an LAPD detective Carlos Camacho testified that the motive for the assault was to steal a diamond-studded Rolex they’d seen Pop Smoke carrying in social media posts, which they later offered for $2,000.