A woman and a teen has been arrested in the murder of rapper PNB Rock, just hours after the LAPD identified a suspect in the rapper’s killing.
Freddie Lee Trone was identified as a person involved in the murder of the rapper, whose real name is Rakim Allen. Police say a minor under the age of 18 arrested Wednesday morning in Lawndale is a minor relative of Trone, who remains at large.
32-year-old Shauntel Trone was also arrested in Gardena as an accessory to murder, according to the LAPD. Her relationship to Trone is not known.
The rapper was having lunch at Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles on Manchester Avenue with his girlfriend on Sept. 12 when they were robbed and shot. According to the LAPD, the suspect shot PNB Rock and removed some of his property, then demanded his girlfriend’s belongings. The suspect took off in a waiting vehicle, police said.
PNB Rock was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to LAPD Chief Michel Moore, PNB Rock’s girlfriend had posted a geo-tagged to Instagram of them eating at the restaurant just before the shooting. The post has since been deleted, but not before raising questions about the dangers of posting real-time locations on social media, especially after the 2020 murder of rapper Pop Smoke in the Hollywood Hills.
Trone is considered armed and dangerous, and police say anyone who sees him should call 911.
Anyone with information about Trone or the shooting can contact South Bureau Homicide Divisions Detectives Nellie Knight or Matthew Clark at (323) 786-5146.
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