A 19-year-old gang member faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting a rival gang member in the back and then bragging about it in a rap video he posted on social media.
La’Darion Chandler was charged in the shooting death of John McGee on Dec. 17 in the subdivision of Lakeland, 40 miles east of Tampa, Florida. McGee died at a hospital 24 days later, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
In a news conference, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd chastised the suspect, calling him a stupid rapper and a coward.
“Now, first off. Come on, man. You shoot someone else in the back? What kind of coward is that?” Judd said. “He’s just a terrible rapper. But he’s a stupid rapper because, you know, he not only makes him a rap video about shooting somebody. He admits shooting the guy in the back. I’m a coward rapper. That’s what I am.”
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