23-year old American Rapper, Silentó has been arrested and charged with murdering his 34-year old cousin Frederick Rooks, in Georgia last month, Njenje Media News reports.
According to PeopleMagazine, The “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper, was taken into custody on Monday, February 1, and booked into DeKalb County Jail on one felony charge count of murder, according to inmate records and a statement from the DeKalb police department on Twitter.
A DeKalb County Police Department incident report shows that officers found Frederick Rooks, lying on a road in Panthersville, southeast of Atlanta, about 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 21. Rooks had been shot in the face and a leg, the report says. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The department did not provide additional details about how investigators identified Silento as the suspect.