United States: A North Carolina rapper, Lil Tony, convicted in a gang-related murder of a 9-year-old boy, was pulled out of a federal courtroom by the United States Marshals on Tuesday.
He cursed at a prosecutor as well as mentioned that he was not involved in the killing.
Antonio Lil Tony Davenport called, “That (expletive) don’t know what the (expletive) she is talking about,” handcuffed, shackled as well as wearing yellow jail scrubs, as officers dragged him out.
Along with this, as Davenport began his outburst, his mother yelled for him to stop as well as his mother yelled for him to stop as well as his grandmother yelled she knew he did not do it.
Emotions among family members of Z’Yon Person, the 9-year-old Davenport was sentenced to killing, were already high during the intense sentencing hearing.
Discussions by the judge, as well as others, focused on what sentence would be appropriate for Davenport, but also on how to save Durham from a culture of violence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney JoAnna McFadden mentioned in the statement, “It’s eating Durham alive.”
In July, a jury discovered Davenport, 27-year-old, guild of three federal murders, firearm as well as racketeering charges related to the murder of Z’Yon in the month of August 2019.
In addition, days before the incident took place, Davenport, who is a member of the rap trio 83 Babies, had signed a contract with Atlantic Records, as per the court records. Davenport’s two co-defendants pleaded guilty to similar charges under deals with prosecutors before Davenport’s trial.
27-year-old Derrick Lamont Dixon and Dival Magwood, 24, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in acts of racketeering as well as the commission of a violent crime that is killing in support of racketeering.
Furthermore, Prosecutors argued the three defendants were members of the Braggtown-based Northside Eight Trey Gangster Crips.
The men opened fire on an SUV at the intersection of Leon and North Duke streets around 8:30 p.m. Aug. 18, 2019, thinking it was occupied by rival gang members who had jumped Davenport days earlier at The Streets at Southpoint mall.
