Post by wutang on Oct 5, 2006 8:40:33 GMT -5
ct. 3, 2006, 5:55AM
Police say 'rap battle' led to Haltom City shooting death
Associated Press
HALTOM CITY — A rhyming contest between two rival aspiring rappers led to one of the contestants fatally shooting the other in the head, police said.
Christopher Smith, 17, was shot last month after a "rap battle" escalated into a fistfight and then the shooting, according to an arrest warrant affidavit released Monday by the Haltom City police.
Samuel Raynard Jones, 18, is being held on a murder charge for the shooting.
Witnesses told police the two teens met late Sept. 15 for a "rap battle" in an open field in Haltom City, a suburb north of Fort Worth.
"They knew each other, and they had an ongoing rap battle," said Sgt. Terry Stayer, spokeswoman for Haltom City police. "They were involved in these impromptu raps that took place in parking lots, at someone's house. They had ongoing back-and-forth issues, and they didn't like each other."
According to the affidavit, Smith rapped first, and then Jones rapped and pointed a handgun at Smith. Jones then handed his gun to a bystander and Smith and Jones had a fistfight. When the fight ended, Smith was collecting his personal belongings when Jones shot him in the head, witnesses said.
According to the affidavit, Smith had filed a police report about a week before his death accusing Jones of threatening his life.
Stayer said police pursued the report but didn't find enough evidence to charge Jones.
Smith, a high school junior, had just recorded his second rap album and hoped to be a professional musician, family members said.
Jones was serving eight years probation at the time of the shooting on drug and deadly conduct charges, according to Tarrant County criminal court records.
Police say 'rap battle' led to Haltom City shooting death
Associated Press
HALTOM CITY — A rhyming contest between two rival aspiring rappers led to one of the contestants fatally shooting the other in the head, police said.
Christopher Smith, 17, was shot last month after a "rap battle" escalated into a fistfight and then the shooting, according to an arrest warrant affidavit released Monday by the Haltom City police.
Samuel Raynard Jones, 18, is being held on a murder charge for the shooting.
Witnesses told police the two teens met late Sept. 15 for a "rap battle" in an open field in Haltom City, a suburb north of Fort Worth.
"They knew each other, and they had an ongoing rap battle," said Sgt. Terry Stayer, spokeswoman for Haltom City police. "They were involved in these impromptu raps that took place in parking lots, at someone's house. They had ongoing back-and-forth issues, and they didn't like each other."
According to the affidavit, Smith rapped first, and then Jones rapped and pointed a handgun at Smith. Jones then handed his gun to a bystander and Smith and Jones had a fistfight. When the fight ended, Smith was collecting his personal belongings when Jones shot him in the head, witnesses said.
According to the affidavit, Smith had filed a police report about a week before his death accusing Jones of threatening his life.
Stayer said police pursued the report but didn't find enough evidence to charge Jones.
Smith, a high school junior, had just recorded his second rap album and hoped to be a professional musician, family members said.
Jones was serving eight years probation at the time of the shooting on drug and deadly conduct charges, according to Tarrant County criminal court records.
