Julio Foolio‘s final moments — during which he was shot and killed as part of an ambush last month — were captured in footage that has now surfaced online.
On Wednesday (July 3), TMZ published surveillance video from the shared parking lot of a Hilton hotel and Holiday Inn in Tampa, Florida.
In the clip, a masked gunman can be seen approaching the rapper’s car in the early hours of June 23 and shooting at those inside at point-blank range with what appears to be a semi-automatic weapon.
Watch it below:
The Florida rapper (real name Charles Jones) was murdered in the wake of an event celebrating his 26th birthday last month.
In a statement shared with News 4 Jax, his attorney Lewis Fusco said that the “God Don’t Know” spitter had hosted a birthday party at an Airbnb in Tampa on June 22 that was shut down due to the number of people in attendance.
Hours before his death, he took to his Instagram Stories and told followers that the party had been cut short by police officers, who also “kicked them out” of the rental property.
According to Fusco, he got a room at a nearby Holiday Inn soon after, which is where he was killed.
According to Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA, local police confirmed that the shooting took place around 4:40 a.m. on Sunday morning (June 23) in a parking lot located on the corner of Fowler Avenue and McKinley Drive.
“What we have learned, and this is early in the investigation, two cars were shot at,” Tampa Police Department public information officer Joneé Lewis said about the ordeal.“The victim in this morning’s shooting is believed to be Charles Jones. Positive identification is pending confirmation from the Medical Examiner’s Office.”
This marked the fourth time Julio Foolio was the target of a shooting in as many years.
Most recently, he was shot at in the early hours of October 7, 2023. According to WTLV-TV, sources said his black Dodge Challenger was riddled with bullets and he was transported to a local healthcare facility with injuries that were said to be “severe.”
He reportedly didn’t cooperate with law enforcement regarding the shooting. However, a gruesome photo of what appears to be his foot with a bloody hole in the middle arch went viral online within days of the incident.