Rapper Lil Tjay was shot multiple times and one other man was additionally injured throughout an tried armed theft early Wednesday morning in New Jersey, in response to officials.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, which is dealing with the investigation, mentioned gunfire erupted at 14 The Promenade in Edgewater, the placement of a Chipotle restaurant.
The Promenade is a residential and outside purchasing space.
The Edgewater Police Department responded to a 911 name in regards to the taking pictures at 12:08 a.m. and located Lil Tjay, 21, whose authorized identify is Tione Jayden Merritt, with multiple gunshot wounds, in response to a news release from the prosecutor’s workplace.
The different sufferer, Antoine Boyd, 22, was discovered close by at an Exxon fuel station at 478 River Road, a few mile from the Chipotle, with a single gunshot wound, authorities mentioned.
Investigators decided that suspect Mohamed Konate, 27, of New York, “attempted to commit armed robbery” in opposition to Lil Tjay, and two folks he was with, Jeffrey Valdez, 24, of the Bronx, New York, and Boyd when the taking pictures occurred, in response to the prosecutor’s workplace.
Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York City Police Department on Wednesday arrested Konate on three counts of tried homicide, three counts of armed theft and different weapons costs, the discharge acknowledged. He is pending extradition to New Jersey.
Valdez and Boyd had been additionally charged with illegal possession of a weapon, officials mentioned.
They had been remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a primary courtroom look in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, New Jersey, in response to the discharge.
Lawyer information for the three was not instantly accessible.
Both victims had been taken to a hospital the place they had been handled. TMZ was the primary to report that Lil Tjay was shot and present process emergency surgical procedure Wednesday.
NBC News has reached out to his representatives for remark.
Following news of the taking pictures, rapper French Montana tweeted “pray for my lil bro lil Tjay.”
In an replace Wednesday, officials mentioned one critically injured sufferer was secure. The different sufferer had non-life threatening accidents and was in good situation.
Lil Tjay posted on his Instagram story Tuesday: “PSA Just because you’ve been around a person doesn’t make you entitled to the fruits of that persons labor. Envy is at an all time high be safe outchea.”
Lil Tjay, who hails from the Bronx in New York City, rose to prominence in 2018 with the track “Resume” and signed with Columbia Records.
The artist, who has over 7 million followers on Instagram and greater than 17 million listeners on Spotify, is understood for hits like “Calling My Phone” with 6lack and “In My Head.” He was featured on Polo G’s track “Pop Out,” which hit No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and Pop Smoke’s “Mood Swings.”