Julio Foolio, a 26-year-old rapper from Florida, was shot and killed outside a hotel in Tampa. According to online chatter, Foolio may have shared his location, leading to the ambush.Julio Foolio, a 26-year-old rapper from Florida, was shot and killed outside a hotel in Tampa. According to online chatter, Foolio may have shared his location, leading to the ambush. Foolio, whose real name was Charles Jones II, was a member of the KTA gang, which has a history of rivalry with the ATK gang. Foolio and Yungeen Ace, a member of ATK, had been feuding for years. The shooting happened early Sunday around 4:40 a.m. local time at a Home2 Suites hotel location. Two cars parked in the hotel parking lot were riddled with gunfire and four people were injured, with one deceased later identified as the rapper. Foolio was active on social media over the weekend, promoting a pool party in the area. It is believed that he may have shared his location with the hotel, leading to the attack. The Tampa Police Department is investigating the shooting.
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Julio Foolio, a Florida rapper who had problems with other artists in the state, was shot dead outside a Florida hotel. According to online chat, Julio Foolio reportedly shared his location, leading to the deadly ambush.
According to local outlet First Coast News, Julio Foolio, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, was in Tampa celebrating his birthday at various locations around the city. Conversations on social media suggest that Foolio, real name Charles Jones II, has shared his location with a hotel in the Tampa area. The outlet also reports that Foolio was active on social media over the weekend, promoting a pool party in the area.
Officials with the Tampa Police Department say the shooting happened early Sunday around 4:40 a.m. local time at a Home2 Suites hotel location. Two cars parked in the hotel parking lot were riddled with gunfire and four people were injured, with one deceased later identified as the rapper.
Fans of Foolio and rapper Yungeen Ace are well aware that the pair are part of rival gang factions. Foolio was reportedly a member of the KTA gang, while Ace was said to be a member of ATK. The pair went back and forth with each other for years, going back to the 2017 shooting of Zion Brown, Foolio’s cousin. More details can be found in this 2021 article from First Coast News.
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Julio Foolio was 26.
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