It was a series of failings which proved fatal: a young 17-year-old American rapper accidentally killed himself on Thursday May 16, 2024, by shooting himself in the head while he was shoot a story on his Instagram account, reports Le Parisien.
Broadcast live, the video shows Raleigh Freeman III, going by the pseudonym Rylo Huncho, showing off a handgun while rapping. As he waves the barrel near his face and squeezes the trigger, probably thinking that the safety is engaged, the camera falls to the ground...
According to local police, who confirmed it to the New York Post, the young rapper from the small town of Suffolk, Virginia (United States), died instantly. To make matters worse, it seems that he himself inadvertently deactivated the safety of his weapon by handling it.