Person of interest in PnB Rock shooting named by LAPD
nme.comafter being shot during an attempted robbery at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant in South Los Angeles. He was 30 years old.On Wednesday (September 28), Freddie Lee Trone was named by LAPD as the alleged gunman in the murder of Philadelphia-born Allen.Trone has not yet been apprehended and is considered “armed and dangerous”, though LAPD have requested the public’s help in locating him.
Trone’s son, 17, the alleged getaway driver, has been arrested. A woman, Shauntel Trone, was also confirmed by police to have been arrested on suspicion of accessory to murder.According to Rolling Stone, Trone – whose past alias was “tiny night owl” – has a past criminal history, inclusive of a 2002 robbery arrest and a 2005 felony charge for threatening a person.Allen was shot several times during the robbery attempt, and taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
He had been dining at the eatery with his girlfriend, who had shared a location-tagged photo in a since-deleted Instagram post.Her post then prompted police to investigate whether the post could have prompted the attack that led to Allen’s death.In a Twitter statement honouring the late rapper, Nicki Minaj seemingly criticised Allen’s girlfriend for tagging their location in her photo, comparing Allen’s death to that of Pop Smoke in 2020. “After Pop Smoke there’s no way we as rappers or our loved ones are still posting locations to our whereabouts,” Minaj wrote.
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