Police say Michigan rappers’ triple murder is gang-related

Investigators probing a triple murder that left three rappers useless earlier this yr in suburban Detroit stated Friday the slayings had been the results of gang violence and had nothing to do with music.

The our bodies of Armani Kelly, of Oscoda, Michigan; Montoya Givens, of Detroit; and Dante Wicker, of Melvindale, Michigan; had been discovered Feb. 2 in an deserted condo constructing within the metropolis of Highland Park, 6 miles northwest of Detroit, authorities stated the subsequent day.

Citing a must dispel false rumors, Michigan State Police on Friday stated, “This was a gang violence associated incident.”

“This murder was not random,” the company tweeted, including that it had nothing to do “with music or a efficiency.”

Kelly’s mom, Lorrie Kemp, has not disputed the gang-related characterization. In February, the Detroit Free Press reported that Kemp alleged the crime was gang-related retaliation from her son’s time in jail.

Talking to NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit, Kemp stated of the triple murder, “I feel it was a setup.”

“Did I do know Armani was in a gang?” she stated in a section that aired on the station Friday. “No. Did he get in a gang in jail? Sure.”

The Detroit Information has reported that in 2022, Kelly was launched early from jail, the place he was held on an armed theft cost. His fiancée, Taylor Perrin, informed the publication, “He actually turned his life round.”

The three went lacking across the time a efficiency scheduled for Jan. 21 at a Detroit venue was canceled. The lacking individuals case changed into a murder investigation when the our bodies of the three had been discovered on Feb. 2.

On Feb. 7, police stated the reason for loss of life was “a number of gunshot wounds.”

A spokesperson for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Workplace stated it had no public data on any potential individuals of curiosity.

On Friday, Michigan State Police, the first company investigating the triple murder, stated nobody was in custody within the murder and pleaded for witnesses and suggestions that would result in closure for the household of the victims.