After a trial that lasted about a month and over seven days of jury deliberation, three men have been convicted of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm in the fatal shooting of rapper XXXTentacion. Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, known as XXXTentacion, was shot dead in his vehicle outside a South Florida motorcycle dealership on June 18, 2018, during a robbery in which the assailants made off with a Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000 in cash.
Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams, and Trayvon Newsome were found guilty of the murder and robbery charges. Each of the convicted perpetrators is expected to receive a mandatory life sentence. A fourth man, Robert Allen, pled guilty last year to second-degree murder. He was also arrested in connection with the killing and agreed to testify against the other three suspects. He could still face a lifetime prison sentence for his alleged role in the killing.
Surveillance footage captured the deadly armed robbers.
They showed up in an SUV and drove up to Onfroy’s car in the motorbike shop’s parking lot. Then, they stopped perpendicular to the BMW, preventing it from exiting onto the street. Two masked individuals can be seen leaving the SUV and approaching the driver’s side window of Onfroy’s car. A confrontation ensues that ends with one assailant firing a gun through the window.
Both suspects then proceed to escape with $50,000 in cash. Onfroy was carrying a Louis Vuitton satchel inside when the shooting happened. According to testimony heard during the trial, Boatwright and Newsome were the assailants seen in the surveillance footage.
The prosecution built its argument around the accusation that the violent robbery that preceded Onfroy’s death was carefully planned. Prosecutors told the jury that the three suspects had devised a scheme one day before the shooting, on June 17, that involved renting a vehicle and travelling around the area to commit various robberies.
They allegedly spotted Onfroy leaving the parking lot of the motorbike shop, where they had intended to purchase a face mask and decided to target him.
