Rylo Huncho’s family has understandably been shaken by the aspiring Virginia rapper’s accidental death by a self-inflicted gunshot, which was live streamed last week.
The 17-year-old aspiring rapper fatally shot himself while recording a TikTok video on May 15. In the clip, Rylo was seen dancing with a gun before it went off and struck him in the head. Suffolk Police Department officials have determined the incident to be an accident.
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13News Now spoke to the late teen’s mother, Monica Savage, on Tuesday (May 21), who shared some insight on the devastating incident.
“When I came in the house, and I seen my son in his blood… I ran across the street, and I almost got hit by a car for going across the street trying to save my son’s life,” Savage said.
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She revealed that detectives are still searching her son’s phone to uncover what exactly happened. She also doesn’t know where he got the gun from.
“I didn’t know he had a gun. I did not know he had that,” Savage said. “I just want my baby back. That’s all I want. I miss my baby.”
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Rylo Huncho will be laid to rest at a private funeral service on Friday (May 24).
In a sadly similar incident in 2022, Lil Baby signee Dirty Tay accidentally shot a toddler in the head during a shootout. Earlier this month, he received a sentence of 17 years in prison for the matter.
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According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, the aspiring rapper (real name Kentavious Wright) was officially sent to prison on April 26 after he took a plea deal. The charge — originally a capital felony, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted of the top count — was reduced to a lesser felony, meaning he only has to serve 17 years behind bars.
It is unclear whether Dirty Tay will be eligible for parole before the sentence is up.
Dirty Tay released two albums, Way Bigger on the Low and Too Turnt Up, on Lil Baby’s 4PF label in 2020, with his songs “Beast” and “Don’t Wanna Do It” racking up over a million streams each on Spotify.
The shooting took place on August 3, 2022, and involved a man and his three-year-old son being shot at while leaving the Off the Hook barbershop in southwest Atlanta.
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According to police, the father and son were driving down Peters Street when a Kia did a U-turn and began to follow them. The car pulled up alongside the passenger side at an intersection and multiple shots were fired, resulting in the child being struck in the head.
The father estimated five shots were fired before the suspect drove to a fire station, with three 9mm shell casings being found at the scene of the crime. The child was rushed to the hospital and was stabilized hours after the shooting.
