Metro Boomin‘s mother, Leslie Joanne Wayne, was killed in a murder-suicide, Billboard reports (via TMZ). It is alleged that Wayne was killed by her husband on Friday night, June 3, in the Atlanta area.
The husband, who is not the biological father of Metro Boomin, is then believed to have taken his own life. The identity of the man has not been confirmed at the time of writing.
A rep for Metro Boomin pointed Billboard toward TMZ's reporting on the alleged incident, which confirmed details of the death along with the suggestion that an autopsy will be conducted to determine an official cause of death shortly.
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