Teenager admits to fatally shooting Pop Smoke
The 18-year-old defendant was 15 at the time of the rapper’s death
One of the four men charged with the death of rapper Pop Smoke Pop Smoke has confessed to firing the fatal shot during a home invasion in 2020, the Los Angeles Times reports. The unnamed defendant, whose identity has been withheld from the court because he was a 15 at the time of the fatal incident in 2020.
The Times reports that the defendant was charged in juvenile court, and could remain incarcerated in a state juvenile facility until the age of 25. In addition to the firearms charge, he also confessed to a home-invasion robbery charge. The admission comes after a 20-year-old man was sentenced to four years and two months in a juvenile facility in April.
Pop Smoke was robbed and shot dead in a rented Hollywood home on February 19, 2020. Police were called by a guest at the house as the robbery took place — the location was reportedly targeted after Pop Smoke shared an image of gift bag on social media with the building's address.