Disturbing new details have emerged in the case of slain 24-year-old Atlanta rapper Slim Dunkin. Police are now revealing that Dunkin was killed over a stolen piece of candy.
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"The information we're getting, it's unconfirmed, but witnesses are saying this whole thing started over a piece of candy," homicide detective David Quinn told Action News on camera.
Dunkin, born Mario Hamilton, grabbed a piece of candy from another man inside an Atlanta recording studio, which led to an argument and fistfight. He was then shot. The rapper was pronounced dead at the hospital.
While there were more than 20 witnesses in the building where Dunkin was shot, police arrived at the hospital and not where the shooting occurred. By the time the police arrived at the studio, witnesses were gone.
The last few rappers our community has lost to violence have all had some sense of retribution attached to the crime. That in no ways justifies it, but when you hear about a rapper dying over a piece of candy, it breaks your heart. A senseless fight turned into a senseless death.
Read more at MTV.
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