Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Shyheim turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday (January 8) in connection with a fatal hit-and-run automobile accident which killed a 29-year-old man named Felipe Avila on New Year’s Day, according to SI Live. Shyheim is expected to face a class D felony of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, according to SI Live‘s sources.
Shyheim was reportedly driving a friend’s 2003 Volvo S80 when he allegedly ran a stop sign and hit Avila’s vehicle before also colliding with a parked Dodge Ram. Shyheim is being accused of getting out of the Volvo and running away from the scene. According to SI Live’s sources, Shyheim left blood in the Volvo and the driver’s side airbag.
Shyheim was out on bail at the time of the crash. He was arrested in April on gun and drug possession charges. Shyheim has served a two-year prison sentence for second-degree attempted robbery. In 1998, he was given probation after he was found in possession of a gun that had been stolen from the Los Angeles Police Department, as per SI Live.
In April, Shyheim spoke with HipHopDX about his April arrest.
“I just want people to know, of course you know the NYPD have a history of not flying straight” Shyheim said at the time. “Pretty much that. I remain that I’m innocent and I will fight it to the end, that’s basically all that I can do. There’s a lot of illegal stuff that went down in the procedures that wasn’t supposed to take place but my attorneys is on it and you know we gonna fight. I’m not the first person that this happened to, there’s a lot of innocent people in the prison system today and it’s just sad but true [that] you’re guilty until you’re proven innocent. I just really want to thank everybody for their support, the whole Hip Hop community [and] my family and friends for just being supportive.”
On January 7, Shyheim posted a YouTube video thanking fans for support and requesting money for legal fees. “I’m in a lot of trouble right now and I need help,” he says in the video. The clip can be found below.
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Welp.. That’s a wrap Shy. He ain’t getting outta this one.
Not only was he driving a 2003 Volvo, but he doesnt he doesnt even have his own car???? Dag, times must be hard…and its about to get even harder. SMH
niggas never learn
what a fuckin lame nigga runs a stop sign like he too G to give a fuck bout shit when he hits sumthing he runs like a bitch give him life for killin that other driver
life as a shorty shouldnt be so rough
Shyhiem is older than Tyrese
2 chainz is older than my grandma
“Thanking his fans for support”
What fans?
You mean to tell me he has to ask fans for help?? I thought he’s boys with the WU? and your telling me that none of them can help him out? I’m pretty sure none of them are broke right?
He messed that up too.
my friend’s mother makes $79 every hour on the internet. She has been out of a job for nine months but last month her check was $19199 just working on the internet for a few hours. see this site,,,,,,, x.co/3asGK
you already about to go to jail for trafficking, then you hit someone. Damn homie Im sorry, hard times. Just pray to god for leniency
SMH.
Damn I haven’t seen this cat since the 90s. What was that movie he was in?
original gangstas
we can forget about new album i guess
Well, regardless of the charges, chicken heads will be in court, fighting and slicing each other to see who lies in his fort.
golden arms maintain the fort
hahaha
What do you believe in boy heaven or hell ? Ya don’t believe in heaven cos we’re living in hell
RIP the victim. I feel shyheim’s pain though the guys lost
hes a rap outta here dam fool
Man! he should be asking for money for the man that got killed and its never a good look leaving the scene of an accident, it always make you look bad,