17-year-old has been arrested in reference to the capturing demise of Jordany Aracena, a fellow 17-year-old and up-and-coming drill rapper from the Bronx, police mentioned Tuesday.
The capturing occurred on September 25 within the Mott Haven neighborhood. Investigators consider Aracena could have been focused due to lyrics in his drill music, which frequently consists of references to violence and road life.
That night, round 6:15 p.m., Aracena was on Beekman Avenue close to East 141st Road when 5 masked people wearing black opened fireplace. He was hit within the chest and arm. The shooters ran off, and Aracena was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, the place he later died. The suspect’s title has not been made public as a result of he’s a minor.
He’s dealing with homicide fees. Police are nonetheless in search of the others who had been concerned within the capturing. After the killing, Aracena’s buddy and neighbor, Eric Scott, 21, informed *The Day by day Information* that the teenager could have exaggerated his picture in his music. “He’d be mendacity in his raps about what he did and was going to do, like a lot of dudes,” Scott mentioned. “It’s a disgrace.”
The case sheds gentle on how tensions sparked by music can spill over into real-life violence. Police are persevering with their investigation to trace down the remainder of the suspects.
