("Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who playing)
NARRATOR: CSI: Miami-- the global television phenomenon.
In this series, we'll explore crime
through an entirely new lens.
WOMAN (over phone): Marlene Warren was just shot.
NARRATOR: The investigations on this program are true.
Ride along with the real CSI experts.
VINCE WEINER: This was most brutal homicide in over 25 years.
CRUX CONCEPTION: Forensic science--
it was the key witness.
NARRATOR: Talk to the real suspects.
I didn't kill anybody, dude.
NARRATOR: Hear from the real victims.
SOLOMON SOBANDE: I couldn't believe it.
I'm in a state of shock.
NARRATOR: And ultimately solve the case
through the use of forensic science.
We still have a homicide suspect somewhere out there.
NARRATOR: This is... WOMAN: A murderer.
REPORTER: A disturbing story has come in.
* *
20-year-old Jahseh Onfroy, known as rapper
XXXTentacion, is approached by two gunmen.
At least one of the suspects fired the weapon,
injuring our victim.
NEWS ANCHOR: The artist was transported
to an area hospital.
CONCEPTION: We've seen high-profile cases in the past
with the murders of stars such as Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls.
People want answers as quickly as possible,
and that's a lot of pressure for an investigator.
All eyes are on you.
All cameras are focused on you.
My name is Crux Conception.
I'm a retired homicide detective
and criminal profiler.
Upon arrival, the investigators
spot the victim's i8 BMW.
It was black in color.
Approximate value, close to $200,000.
There wasn't really any damage to the vehicle.
There was no shattered glass, anything like that.
My name is Mary's Martinez.
I am a crime scene investigator in south Florida.
CONCEPTION: Detectives and investigators start to process
the vehicle, and on the ground outside the vehicle,
there was three shell casings.
* *
MARTINEZ: Those three casings were marked as evidence,
then sent off to the lab.
CONCEPTION: As they are
processing the vehicle,
officers are walking around, canvassing the area,
looking for surveillance cameras,
interviewing witnesses.
MARTINEZ: Detectives were able to interview
Jahseh's step uncle,
Leonard Kerr,
who was with Jahseh in the vehicle.
Eyewitnesses tell investigators
they remember seeing
two men with guns and a driver.
The gunman approached Jahseh's BMW.
Then Leonard Kerr
is seen fleeing the passenger side
of the victim's vehicle.
At that point,
one assailant took Jahseh's bag.
The gunman fired three rounds
in the driver's side of the vehicle,
hitting Jahseh in the left shoulder,
upper left back, and the left side of his neck.
And then the vehicle sped away.
Investigators now believe this was a robbery.
(steady beeping)
We went, end up going to the hospital.
By then,
we were the first ones there.
And it was just silent, like no one--
no one wanted to...
tell us anything.
But I want to say there was hope.
You know, it was just,
Jah was just shot.
Like, he's gonna go to surgery.
He's, like, one of the toughest people I know.
Approximately two hours later,
he succumbed to his injuries due to the gunshot wounds.
(flatline tone sounding)
The moment we found out he passed, it...
...it was unreal and unexplainable.
I know everyone loses people,
like, loses, you know, but...
That was different.
To walk out and...
I remember, we walked out of the room...
...and everyone's just like, waiting for the good news.
There wasn't any.
Are you guys ready?
(cheering)
CONCEPTION: XXXTentacion was a very talented entertainer,
very talented writer, singer
on his way to superstardom.
His first album sold three million copies.
His second album sold four million copies
and also debuted at number one on Billboard's 200.
Just before his death,
he had won best new artist at the BET Awards.
And there was also talk of collaboration
with artists like Drake and Kanye West.
* Okay, she keep crying *
* She keep crying every single night *
ELLIS: Jahseh, he just wanted to touch the iron.
Didn't matter how many times somebody told it was hot.
He got kicked out of every school in Broward County,
went to boot camp.
It was rough. It was just rough.
He took a rough path.
He was raised by a single mother.
JAHSEH: My mom would try
and financially take care of me,
but my mom was going through it at a young age,
so she wasn't really able
to be there, and it wasn't her fault.
ELLIS: I think music for him was like an escape, and...
when we noticed that he was super into it,
his mom got him studio time.
From there, he just ran with it.
SOBANDE: I had the pleasure of helping Jahseh
get his ideas out
while he was here with us.
You know, the music was so different, so distorted.
It was a rock kind of persona in it.
It was just really disruptive.
He had this really cult fan base,
and it really, really grew after that.
Fans of a popular South Florida rapper
are gathering at a vigil to remember him.
He touched a lot of people.
REPORTER: Detectives need more
to go on, and they're asking anyone
with information to please call Crime Stoppers.
CONCEPTION: In order to aid in the investigation,
detectives speak with Jahseh's step uncle
about the events leading up to the murder.
Jahseh's uncle tells investigators
that on the morning of Jahseh's death,
he was at home playing video games,
and he wanted to go buy some motorcycles.
Jahseh takes his step uncle, Leonard Kerr,
to Bank of America.
Jahseh tries to get $200,000.
They can't supply $200,000,
so he settles for $50,000.
Jahseh puts the money
into his Louis Vuitton bag.
And then Jahseh and his step uncle head towards
Riva Motorsports.
Discovering Jahseh had $50,000 cash on him,
investigators are now starting to wonder...
...if the killers followed him to the bank,
saw that he had the cash,
followed him to Riva Motorsports,
and robbed him at gunpoint.
At this point in the investigation,
Riva Motorsports supplies police with an extensive amount
of surveillance footage.
JIM KEMPVANNEE: In this case, the suspects really picked
the wrong place to commit their crime.
Riva Motorsports.
Their video system was very good,
much better than what we are
normally given.
I run digital forensics
for the Broward Sheriff's Office
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
and I was one of the examiners
on the Onfroy case.
The video, it really tells a story.
MARTINEZ: The surveillance video shows us
Jahseh and his step uncle.
They park their vehicle.
They went inside to shop.
20 minutes later, they exit Riva Motorsports.
And when they try to leave the parking lot,
they are blocked by a dark SUV.
One suspect has a long gun,
the other suspect has a short gun.
The suspects were wearing masks.
They approach the driver's side of the vehicle,
they get into a back-and-forth with Jahseh.
At that point,
the uncle, Mr. Kerr, runs out of the vehicle.
That's when the second armed man
goes around the front passenger seat,
grabs the satchel, which has the money
that he retrieved from Bank of America.
The individual who remained on the driver's side is the one
that ends up shooting the three rounds
into the victim.
And once the three shots were fired,
both gunmen retreat to their vehicle
and flee the scene.
CONCEPTION: When investigators analyze
the footage of the murder,
they're able to see that there are four people--
two shooters and two accomplices
inside the car.
The surveillance footage is
a key piece of evidence in this case.
Investigators can now
clearly see that Jahseh was targeted.
It left investigators wondering,
"Was this a robbery gone bad?"
Or a murder-for-hire hit
of an up-and-coming music star.
(cheering)
("Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who playing)
CONCEPTION: On June 18, 2018...
...Jahseh Onfroy, known to many
as XXXTentacion, was gunned down...
...and killed as he left a local motorcycle dealership.
Without any major leads,
investigators are now conducting a victimology on Jahseh's past,
hoping to find someone
who had any motivation to murder him.
SOBANDE: I think there was always a level of danger,
being around Jahseh
because of, you know,
some of the feuds or people's jealousy.
There was always an understanding that
we were not far away from danger.
We had actual physical experiences,
more than one, where, you know, he was attacked.
NEWS ANCHOR: This is video of the 20-year-old rapper
from a concert in San Diego last year
when he was attacked onstage.
Somebody affiliated with one of the artists
got into a physical altercation with him.
So there was definitely an identifiable
need for Jahseh to have security.
I am an assistant state attorney
with Broward County, and I was
the lead prosecutor on the case
where Jahseh Onfroy was murdered.
As his celebrity grew,
he got into a few well-documented
social media beefs with
other well-known artists,
one being Drake.
MARTINEZ: The relationship between Drake and Triple X
didn't necessarily start off on the wrong foot.
There were talks of a collaboration.
However, the relationship went sour
when Triple X believed that Drake allegedly
copied one of the beats to his songs.
Yes, I'm finna harass this ....
Yes, I'm finna talk ... 'cause he stole my ...
and ran off with it.
XXXTentacion felt kind of slighted
because when Drake came out with his song "KMT," according to
some people on the Internet, it sounded similar to
XXXTentacion's song "Look At Me."
* Hey, that bitch don't wanna be friends *
* Hey, I gave her ..., she amen *
* Love is just not in my plans *
* Not even taking a chance... *
Like, they did a mashup.
They put his verse on my song,
and the cadence is literally
just at the same tempo.
He's not a man. I think he's a bitch.
That's a bitch move.
The feud escalated to the point
on social media between
Drake and XXXTentacion from,
"You bit my lyrics, you stole my music."
Then the fans would interact.
It escalated to foul language.
Then it escalated to
insults of other family members,
back and forth.
And it really got nasty, to the point where
XXX posted on his Instagram account:
"If I were to die and something were to happen to me,
hey, come look for Drake."
MARTINEZ: There were also
other rappers that were part of the feud
who were known to be part of Drake's crew.
Like 600 Breezy, whose real name is Antonio King,
made a statement stating that he was in Miami
looking for Triple X,
and that he was armed.
CONCEPTION: Detectives and investigators
started looking at the possibility,
could this have been a targeted hit
resulting from a rap beef
gone too far?
My theory of events that day is...
..a phone call was made to a hit man.
Money was exchanged to follow Jahseh...
murder him,
and make it look like a robbery.
This is something that has
really stunned fans of XXXTentacion,
a rising star here in South Florida.
Fans began to gather here
right after learning about the shooting
that claimed his life.
MARTINEZ: You're dealing with
a lot of speculation.
You're dealing with people trying to show up to the scene,
'cause everybody wants to be involved.
Celebrity is always going to be more difficult in that sense,
but not from a forensic perspective.
The-the truth is the truth.
While looking at the surveillance footage
from outside of the store at the crime scene,
law enforcement realized
you could see the same blue Dodge Journey
that was at the crime scene,
The same vehicle that they used to flee in
immediately after the murder.
And this is a huge break for the case, because
that Dodge Journey arrives at Riva Motorsports
approximately two minutes after
Jahseh walks into the store
with his uncle.
And this is extremely important because
we assume that the vehicle is occupied
by the individuals who committed this crime.
The blue Dodge Journey is seen parking.
Two individuals exit the vehicle
and enter the store.
One is a shorter gentleman
with face tattoos
and orange slides,
while his partner is
more of a heavyset male.
They walk around the store,
they purchase two masks,
and then they exit Riva Motorsports.
CONCEPTION: The riveting part about it is,
as the two are walking towards the showroom area,
X makes eye contact,
and it's very chilling.
He's looking at
the individuals that was responsible
or had some part in taking his life.
MARTINEZ: We know that there's at least
four people involved in this crime.
And they drove a dark blue Dodge Journey.
If we don't find the offender's vehicle,
it's going to be very difficult
to try to put someone at the crime scene.
If they find the getaway car,
chances are that they will find the murderers.
SOBANDE: When Jahseh was taken from us,
the world lost an amazing, amazing, amazing artist.
And in addition to that,
the world lost a humanitarian.
It began as an ordinary school day,
and it was almost over
when gunfire erupted this afternoon.
ELLIS: The Parkland shooting
interrupted the nation, but it was definitely personal.
It was right down the street
for Jahseh, it was right down the street
for all of us.
JAHSEH: Rest in peace to all the kids that life--
uh, lost their lives in the Parkland shooting.
Just wanted to say my condolences to their parents.
ELLIS: Especially with that being in his backyard.
He definitely felt connected, and he wanted to,
you know, help however he could.
He did a whole concert
and dedicated it to them.
I need everyone to bow their heads,
and I want a moment of silence
for all of the victims that lost their life
and that (bleep) tried to shoot him.
SOBANDE: It was just a beautiful moment
after something so terrible, you know, happened.
ELLIS: Jah actually had, like,
a really big "give back" mentality.
Like, Jah would fill fridges.
We found out that, at one point,
he would just pull up to a homeless shelter
and, like, give them $50,000 and things like that.
Once or twice a month. You know what I'm saying?
I'm going to pick at least, like, two to three people
and take them to fill up they fridge, and-and...
I'm just trying to give back.
For such a young man,
he had a firm understanding of the human experience,
and because of that, he could
kind of connect with anybody.
MARTINEZ: Detectives are focusing on
locating that getaway vehicle,
which is a dark blue Dodge Journey.
On surveillance, the suspect's vehicle's license plate
was not visible.
In the event that a vehicle like this
does not have a license plate,
the tools really would be
what we call BOLOs, which stand for "be on the lookout"
for the officers in that area to
pull over any vehicles that may match that description
and then try to figure out
if they match who they're looking for.
So, law enforcement issues
a BOLO with the description
of the dark Dodge Journey.
Hours later,
there is a vehicle accident involving
a dark Dodge Journey.
The Dodge Journey was in front of
the Driftwood Apartments,
and the Driftwood Apartments
had a surveillance camera directly aiming at the vehicle.
The video not only captured the crash,
but it also showed them leaving the vehicle.
To see people run from the car,
in and of itself, is fairly suspicious.
For the murder...
we only had a dark SUV.
For the crash, we had a dark SUV.
Basically took a shot in the dark of
"Are these connected?"
The investigators were able to retrieve a VIN number
of the vehicle that was involved,
and once they ran that,
they found out that the owner of the vehicle
is a female named Tanisha Clark.
The owner of the vehicle stated that she rented
her vehicle through an app called Turo.
This is a person just, you know, renting their car,
trying to make some money on the side.
CONCEPTION: She stated that she rented it to
an individual named Tony Robinson.
Tony Robinson rented the car
for Dedrick Williams and his friends.
Dedrick Williams becomes
my suspect very quickly.
CONCEPTION: Detectives were able to capture still images
of the two individuals that go inside Riva Motorsports.
When they distribute these
images to the employees there,
they identify one of the subjects
as Dedrick Williams.
ACHILLE: Dedrick had gone somewhere
where he was known. He'd been to Riva before,
and so even the salespeople knew him.
MARTINEZ: The employees were able to confirm that
they purchased a face mask.
CONCEPTION: So, very quickly, detectives
get enough information and probable cause
to get a warrant for the arrest of Dedrick Williams.
He was subsequently arrested and taken into custody.
During the interrogation,
he displayed a calm, relaxed demeanor.
Dedrick was not forthcoming during the questions.
His main purpose, his main goal in the interview
was to throw them off.
Dedrick also, in the interview,
tried to throw off his involvement
and put it on the rap feud.
During the interview,
a search warrant was issued
for the contents
of Dedrick Williams's cell phone.
KEMPVANNEE: So, with Mr. Williams, there was
a lot of good information that came out of his phone.
Probably the most significant was the location data.
With advanced GPS--
or what we call APS-- it uses
not just a GPS signal,
but it also looks at cell towers,
and as the phones
are traveling, they're picking up Wi-Fi locations
around the community.
The phone doesn't even have to connect
with the Wi-Fi hotspot.
So, with Mr. Williams' phone,
we could plot the whole path
from his house to Riva Motorsports.
Then after the murder, again,
location data from the phone,
we could plot them at the crash.
Also, there was evidence on his phone
of things that he wore.
For example, the orange slides,
uh, which were very distinct
because they were very bright, they stood out.
So, we knew, okay, this has to be the right person wearing
this particular item of clothing
because that's who we saw
on surveillance and confirmed
by eyewitness testimony.
CONCEPTION: With all the evidence
pointing to Dedrick Williams' involvement
in this investigation,
detectives now press him harder for more information.
And Dedrick throws up a nickname.
And the nickname he says is "Fatboy."
MARTINEZ: With access to
Dedrick Williams' cell phone,
information in the cell phone provided
a phone number to Fatboy,
whose legal name is Robert Allen.
CONCEPTION: Because Robert Allen had a history of charges
related to identity fraud,
he had a mug shot on file with the police database.
Investigators determined
Dedrick Williams
and Robert Allen to be
the same two individuals
who exit the blue Dodge Journey...
...and walked into the store.
CALVIN HUGHES: Investigators name a new person of interest
in this case.
22-year-old Robert Allen.
He was seen on surveillance video
shortly before the rapper was gunned down.
However, Robert Allen and Dedrick Williams
do not match the body build and the stature
of the two individuals who approached the BMW
and robbed and killed the victim.
CONCEPTION: Investigators now turn their attention
to finding these other two perpetrators.
Because when they find them, they will find the men
who have killed XXXTentacion.
MARTINEZ: One week after his murder,
while investigators were still searching
for the remaining suspects,
fans gathered for Jahseh's memorial.
On that same day,
his song "Sad!" reached number one
on Billboard charts.
The song "Sad!" moved from number 52
on Billboard's Hot 100 chart
to number one.
And that makes it the first posthumous number one song
for a lead soloist
since The Notorious B.I.G.'s
"Mo Money Mo Problems" back in 1997.
* Yeah, suicide if you ever try to let go, uh *
* I'm sad I know, yeah *
* I'm sad I know, yeah... *
After he died, I was really...
I was disoriented.
I remember how I was crying a lot. I had on, like,
these big dark glasses at his wake,
but his wake was at a stadium.
It's just people, people, people, people.
It was rough because it's like, yo, this is real.
He really is not with us anymore.
But in the same space, it was just like...
Like...
Like, these people, these fans,
that family, they...
they endured that with us.
You could feel it from the people
who were passing through.
Just the overwhelming, like, love and emotion.
It's, like, you knew, like, we didn't just lose,
like, he was connected to them.
Like, they-they felt it, too.
The world definitely missed out on that connection
over a couple dollars, like...
It's unfair.
Investigators have Dedrick Williams in custody,
who they know arrived with Robert Allen
in the same blue Dodge Journey used by the killers.
But Robert Allen and the two unknown suspects
that attacked Jahseh in his vehicle are still on the loose.
It's very, very important that our detectives continue
this feverish pace to bring these people into custody
so they can never commit this type of crime again.
(gunshots)
CONCEPTION: Detectives present Tony Robinson,
the woman who rented the Dodge Journey,
with a photo lineup
of known associates
of Dedrick Williams and Robert Allen--
the two suspects
from the Riva Motorsports security footage.
Tony positively identified two additional suspects who she said
were present when she dropped the vehicle off:
Michael Boatwright and Trayvon Newsome.
With this information, detectives
located Michael Boatwright,
and he was subsequently apprehended.
REPORTER: Another arrest has been made
in connection to the murder of rapper
XXXTentacion in Deerfield Beach.
22-year-old Michael Boatwright
was allegedly one of the two armed suspects
who confronted Jahseh Onfroy.
Once in custody, law enforcement officials
had access to Michael Boatwright's phone.
KEMPVANNEE: With mobile devices,
if you open up your phone and you take a picture,
there's metadata within that picture,
and it can tell me when the picture was taken.
For videos, uh, it can tell me when the video started
and when the video stopped,
because that's a created date and a modified date.
So, with that extraction of Mr. Boatwright's
cell phone, they were able to capture
photographs and videos
of Michael Boatwright,
Robert Allen,
Dedrick Williams,
and Trayvon Newsome fanning out the $100 bills,
but also just photographs of him
really celebrating his newfound wealth.
They're creating these videos just a few hours,
uh, after Mr. Onfroy is murdered.
(laughs)
Here's a photo of Michael Boatwright,
uh, and he's doing the money shot.
We in law enforcement call 'em money shots.
Here's Robert Allen with his proceeds
in the money shot.
Several law enforcement agencies have undercover
social media accounts,
and the sad thing about it is these guys know it,
and they'll still post these shots,
still show the bling-bling,
and they know that this can be
potential evidence in court
because they see their other friends
getting arrested and charged for the same thing,
but yet still, they still do it.
Look at this. This was hours
after Triple X was murdered.
They don't care who gets hurt.
They just want to take.
We were asking for the assistance of the public
to help locate Robert Allen and Trayvon Newsome.
CONCEPTION: Authorities got a tip
from Crime Stoppers that Robert Allen
was at his sister's place of residence.
They followed up on the tip, found him there,
and took him into custody.
Even without Mr. Allen's phone,
there was a lot of good information that came out
of Mr. Boatwright and Mr. Williams' phones.
So, with Mr. Boatwright's phone, using advanced GPS,
we can see when he gets in the car.
We can see that Mr. Williams is setting up at his house.
His phone is pinging there. Then we see them meet.
You can see them drive directly to Riva Motorsports,
uh, and you can see that they're there
for the entire time together.
ACHILLE: In addition to that, Michael Boatwright's phone
had data in it that showed that it was connected
via Bluetooth to the suspect car
during the time of the homicide.
So, just before the homicide,
it connected at somewhere around 3:20,
and then it didn't disconnect until after the homicide,
somewhere around 4:30.
KEMPVANNEE: And then, after the murder, with the advanced GPS,
you can clearly see that they're still traveling together
back to Mr. Allen's house.
Then we see them crash.
I was able to take the location information
that was found in the phone,
and it perfectly matched
the video from the Driftwood Apartments.
Based on information obtained through the extraction
of the data on the cell phones, detectives were able
to file a search warrant for the residence
of Dedrick Williams,
Robert Allen,
and Michael Boatwright.
When the search warrant was executed
at Dedrick Williams' home,
there were a couple things that were found
that had evidentiary value to the homicide investigation.
Number one, we found those orange slides
that were worn
by Dedrick Williams at Riva Motorsports
the day of the homicide.
So that connected and confirmed
that he was, in fact, the person that was there that day.
But most importantly,
there was a live cartridge found in his home.
And it matched the same caliber as the bullet casings
we knew had killed the victim.
CONCEPTION: Not only was this live round the same caliber
found at the crime scene, but it was the same manufacturer.
Could this live round be from the same gun
that killed XXXTentacion?
The live round that was found in Dedrick Williams' home
was extremely important.
Because although it wasn't fired,
a firearm cycled that live round,
possibly due to a misfire,
and, in the process, created those fingerprint
markings on the casings that could be compared
to the casings that were located on the crime scene.
For the ballistic analysis, the casings
from the scene are put under a microscope and then
compared to the live round
that was located in Dedrick Williams' house.
What we're looking for is the lands and grooves.
So you have the comparison of two.
They're both under the microscope at the same time,
and we would be turning each and rotating
to see where it would line up perfectly,
which is exactly what happened here.
So we can confidently say
the live round that was located in Dedrick Williams' home
was cycled through the same weapon that was
used to kill Jahseh Onfroy.
The warrant that was served on the home
of Michael Boatwright also provided investigators
with a couple pieces of evidence that were of value.
ACHILLE: Just in front of Michael Boatwright's home
was an inoperable car.
Hidden in the trunk, under the wheel well of the car,
was a backpack that contained
a treasure trove of evidence connected to this homicide.
Within that backpack was
the two neoprene masks
that were worn by the suspects.
Investigators also found a box of .22 caliber ammo,
which was the same manufacture and caliber
of the casings that were located on the original crime scene.
You have four missing live rounds
from inside of that package.
ACHILLE: And so when you just do the math,
literally, two plus two equals four.
There were four ammo
found forensically in this case,
and there were four missing.
MARTINEZ: Now you could put
all those puzzle pieces together.
The photos,
those videos,
GPS information
and now the ballistics information.
The evidence from one piece is leading to another.
You can see that the offenders
were, at that point, together and that they had
the same mission at hand.
CONCEPTION: Trayvon Newsome was located.
He was subsequently arrested.
We begin tonight with another arrest
in the high-profile murder of rapper XXXTentacion.
All four men identified as suspects
in the high-profile murder are now in custody.
Here's a look at the mugshot of Trayvon Newsome.
He now joins Robert Allen, Michael Boatwright
and Dedrick Williams behind bars.
ACHILLE: After all the suspects were arrested,
they then were indicted
for one count of first-degree premeditated murder
and one count of armed robbery by all four.
Raise your right hand.
Robert Allen
wanted to cooperate
in order to get a lesser sentence, but...
he needed to give a statement
telling the investigators everything that he knows
and give them time to vet that information
without a deal.
He didn't try to talk anybody out of, uh,
committing the robbery that day,
but he did stress the fact,
"Hey, they got our images.
"They know who we are.
"They see our pictures. There are
surveillance cameras all over the place."
CONCEPTION: He knew that-- lack of better words--
his goose was cooked.
* *
(birds chirping)
ACHILLE: Robert Allen never said specifically
that they were gonna murder someone, but it was
heavily implied that if that happened, then so be it.
And I think that that was the mindset of the defendants
from the beginning.
ACHILLE: I asked Robert Allen
about the whole controversies regarding Drake and Migos,
and I remember he chuckled and he put
his head down and shook it and said... (sighs)
"It didn't have anything to do with them."
This had nothing to do with any celebrity beefs,
Twitter feuds,
fights that-that Jahseh had prior to his death.
It is very clear that no one put a hit on-on Triple X.
He was just at the wrong place in the wrong time.
ACHILLE: Their plan was to rob,
you know, what they deemed as a wealthy victim,
whether it was for a car or their belongings,
and it could have been anybody that they came across.
And, unfortunately,
they came across Jahseh Onfroy.
* *
In August of 2022,
Robert Allen formally pled guilty
to second-degree murder and then
was awaiting sentencing,
pending his testimony as a state witness
against the other three codefendants in their trial.
Being in the courtroom during the trial
was definitely overwhelming.
To watch it play out, you know, after you've been waiting
for years for an outcome,
that doesn't change your loss.
Jahseh was not spared in his final moments,
and I hope the court finds it appropriate
to not spare any of the lives of the defendants.
"We, the jury, find as follows...
"the defendant is guilty of murder in the first degree
as charged in the indictment."
SOBANDE: We all had to bear this terrible loss,
and nothing makes that better.
Nothing makes that okay.
You know? It was just good to know that, like,
they wasn't gonna get away with that.
ELLIS: Jahseh was just super playful.
I mean, annoyingly playful.
Like, really annoying. Like, it was annoying.
But looking back at it now, man, those moments
were so precious.
Like...
I didn't realize how special that was.
SOBANDE: Jahseh's father
named him Jahseh, and...
the name is a really, really, really powerful name.
"Jah" means "God,"
and "seh" is "said."
And...
I recently had a son. I named my son Jahseh after him.
(sniffles, sighs)
I think it was
the most...
fitting thing... (sobs)
...I could've did to, um...
...uh, just pay my respects
to somebody that really helped change my life
and do amazing things
for a bunch of people all over the world.
("before I close my eyes" by XXXTentacion playing)
Yeah.
* Before I lay me down to sleep *
* I pray the Lord my soul to keep *
* I hope it's not too late for me, whoa... *
SOBANDE: The thing about Jahseh is
he knew that he wasn't gonna be here for a long time.
Like, I don't know how he knew, but he knew.
JAHSEH: Worst thing comes to worst,
I ... die a tragic death
and I'm not able to see out my dreams,
I at least want to know
that the kids perceived my message
and were able to make something of themselves
and able to take my message and use it
and turn it into something positive.
If I'm gonna die or ever be a sacrifice,
I want to make sure that my life
made at least five million kids happy.
It's just crazy to see.
Like, mm.
He only wanted to reach five million kids,
and it's, like... he went well beyond that.
His message was definitely bigger than him.
* *
* Changing in the distance *
* Time consumes the image *
* Oh... *
CROWD: Long live X!
Long live X! Long live X! * Difference *
* Changing in the distance Long live X!
Long live X! Long live X! * Time consumes our image *
Long live X!
I love you guys.
* Before I lay me down to sleep *
* I pray the Lord my soul to keep *
* I hope it's not too late for me, whoa *
* Before I lay me down to sleep *
* I pray the Lord my soul to keep *
* I hope it's not too late for me, whoa. *
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