A Florida rapper who went by the name “Foolio” died Sunday morning, hours after celebrating his birthday party in Tampa.
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A Florida rapper who went by the stage name Julio Foolio was shot in a hotel parking lot in Tampa early Sunday morning, local station News4Jax first reported, in what his attorney described as an «ambush» after leaving a party for his 26th birthday.Key Facts
Police responded to a shooting at a Holiday Inn in Tampa early Sunday and found Foolio, whose real name is Charles Jones, and three other people had been shot, NBC News reported.
Jones was pronounced dead at the scene and the other three people were taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.
Jones, who has 1 million followers on Instagram, had posted several times about a party he would be hosting Saturday night and told followers to private message him for the address.
