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Shocking new video makes it clear Florida rapper Julio Foolio had almost no time to react when gunmen approached him outside a hotel and fired into his car, killing him.
The shooting went down in Tampa on June 23 just — 2 days after the Jacksonville native’s 26th birthday — and this surveillance video from the shared parking lot of a Hilton and a Holiday Inn shows the gunman waiting for Foolio’s black car.
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Foolio had been in town celebrating with friends when the party moved from an Airbnb to the hotel … a move he chronicled all over his IG shortly before the shooting.
The new video unfolds with a masked gunman dashing through the parking lot at 4:37 AM with what looks like a semi-automatic rifle as he begins to unload on the car.
The car hits a curb as Foolio and co. tried to speed around a corner and dodge the hail of bullets. There appear to be other gunmen in the distance as well.
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The shooter fired from point-blank range, and, as we reported, Foolio was killed during the attack. Three other people in the vehicle were left with non-life-threatening injuries, and the suspects made a clean getaway.
After his violent death, Foolio’s mother posted a statement in which she made no excuses for her son’s gangsta lifestyle — but promised to release a documentary on his life.
Fans believe Foolio is faking his death after his instagram account shared this video pic.twitter.com/oDvsyA8jis
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Despite his murder, Foolio’s IG account remains active … and the new posts include a weird resurrection video that uses AI to put Foolio’s face on WWE Undertaker’s body.
Tampa PD says there’s no update on their active investigation to catch the shooter.