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Londre Sylvester, also known as rapper KTS Dre, had just been released after being fitted for electronic monitoring and was walking to a waiting vehicle when several suspects ambushed him. He suffered as many as 64 bullet wounds.
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KTS Dre was my all time favorite rapper. I particularly loved his soulful renditions of God Bless America, God Bless the USA and Mamas Don’t let your Babies Grow up to be Cowboys. His lyrical styling and love for America will be missed by every one who loves the gentle rapper genre
He must have been wildly popular, the entire city was shooting at him. Any of the perps observed pulling a mini gun in Radio Flyer wagon, with a shopping cart for the ammo drum. The jail helped too, illuminating the victim with a spotlight. I wonder if they launched a flare to open fire? Very Focused? WoooWooo! The bad guys are all looking over their shoulders. Piled out of two cars? 87 people in two cars? I’m sure they meant two CTA busses. This could have been a tragic gathering, potentially a situation! What’s next? A flaming necklace?
While the poetic justice displayed in this story might click some bait, the unspoken horror is that our criminal justice system is so consistently 100% corrupt and gang infested. Bangers were ready and waiting to ambush, they knew exactly when the rapping target would walk out of the jail door.
Why would she be “focused” on this? Some dead gangbanger rapper bullshit? Sounds like one less dirtbag for the Sheriff’s Department to lose on electronic monitoring. How about being “focused” on the innocent kids that are shot in Chiraq every week? How about reducing your security detail to free up some manpower to go “focus” on those investigations? How about getting rid of the incompetence that has been put in leadership roles in the CPD as well as the wives and girlfriends they have promoted, most of who are no where to be found when there is a need for… Read more »
Who gives a crap
An article I read yesterday said that police investigators found 59 empty casings attributed to this shooting. NBC is reporting that up to 64 bullet holes were found on the deceased’s body. Maybe the gang rivals have found a way to make a single bullet penetrate a target twice and, if true, we all had better be more aware of our surroundings. This represents a major escalation in the ongoing gang warfare. These assassins are so good that they did not miss a shot at their target. The two other victims injured must have been hit by those magic bullets… Read more »