An aspiring 21-year-old rapper was shot dead while making a music video in Maryland Wednesday when police say one of the people in his entourage fired a gun that was being used a prop.
Keaway Lafonz Ivy, who went by the stage name Kealo, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after being struck by a bullet in the area of 62nd Place and Eastern Avenue in Seat Pleasant Wednesday night.
On Friday, police arrested 21-year-old Lafonzo Leonard Iracks and charged him in connection to Ivy's slaying.
According to investigators, Ivy was shooting a rap video with about 20 people at around 10.30pm in the parking lot of a housing complex when a gun being used as an accessory went off, killing the musician, reported WJLA.
Police were able to determine that Lafonzo Iracks was involved in the filming of the video, but he fled the scene after Ivy's death.
Officers tracked down the 21-year-old suspect to Northwest Washington DC Friday morning and apprehended him. Iracks is facing a first-degree murder charge, according to NBC Washington.
There is no word at this time on a possible motive behind the killing of the prolific YouTube artist and aspiring rapper.
Most of Kealo's music videos feature the rapper puffing on a cigarette and posing with thick stacks of bills while surrounded by a pose of young men.
Some of the low-budget recordings, many of them shot in building stairwells and in the street, also feature the 21-year-old musician handing firearms. His Instagram account similarly includes photographs of guns.
Ivy is survived by his young daughter, Skya, and a large extended family.
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