YOUNG Thug’s nephew has been arrested for allegedly shooting his girlfriend dead just months after the YSL rapper was jailed on racketeering charges.
Fardereen Deonta Grier was arrested on Wednesday after cops responded to a call at a residence outside Atlanta, TMZ reports.
Young Thug was denied bond last month after being hit with RICO and attempted murder charges[/caption]
When police arrived on the scene, Grier was reportedly crying and his girlfriend, Destiny Fitzpatrick, was dead in a pool of blood by the residence’s front door.
According to TMZ, Grier first claims to law enforcement officials that he was fighting off two armed, masked intruders, but officers say he allegedly confessed to shooting his girlfriend in the face.
A neighbor told police they heard arguing in the residence before the shooting.
A source revealed to TMZ that Grier told police he was the rapper’s nephew, the son of Young Thug‘s oldest sister.
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Grier has been charged with murder.
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Meanwhile, Grier’s uncle was arrested in May and charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of participating in criminal street gang activity.
The YSL rapper was denied bond last month after a judge cited a “significant concern” that he will be a danger to the community or could obstruct justice.
Authorities accused Young Thug, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, of renting a car that was used to carry out a 2015 drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of 26-year-old Donovan Thomas.
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The rapper’s arrest is the result of a larger grand jury indictment that names 28 members and associates of his label, YSL Records.
Prosecutors are accusing YSL of being a “criminal street gang that started in late 2012 in the Cleveland Avenue area of ATL” and are allegedly affiliated with the “national Bloods gang”.
The 56-count indictment cites their lyrics as conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
It runs a whopping 88 pages long, according to The New York Times.
Gunna, Yak Gotti, PeeWee Roscoe, and Young Thug’s brother Unfoonk were also indicted.
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Each of the charges against Young Thug are felonies.
His trial is scheduled for January 9, 2023.
