Armani Kelly, Dante Wicker and Montoya Givens.Photo: Facebook(3)
The triple homicide of three men in Michigan is tied to gang violence, according to authorities.
The Michigan State Police department launched an investigation into the death of rappers Armani Kelly, 38, and Dante Wicker, 31, as well as Montoya Givens, 31, after the men werereported missing on Jan. 21, the night that their performance at Lounge 31 in Detroit was canceled.
After their bodies were discovered almost two weeks later in an abandoned Highland Parkapartment complex on Feb. 2, Michigan State Police First Lt. Michael Shaw told NBC affiliate WDIV that it looked “like they werekilled upstairs and then dumped in the basement.”
While the Michigan State Police Twitter pageshared an update on Fridayrevealing that there is currently no suspect in custody, the department provided new insight into the case, adding that “this homicide was not random and had nothing to [do] with music or a performance.”
“This was a gang violence-related incident,” the update continued. “There are other people that know the details, and we need them to come forward. Please call 800.Speak.Up if you have information on this case. Together we can bring closure to these families.”
According to WJBK, Kelly’s mother, Lorrie Kemp,reported her son missingon Jan. 23, when she was able to use OnStar to help police locate her son’s car in Warren.
Givens and Wicker’s families made the connection when they saw the news report four days later and realized all three men knew each other.
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“I just beg for help, for anything. I need answers and, if it comes to it, I need closure because I will never forget and I will never stop,” Kelly’s fiancée Taylor Perrin told the outlet, explaining that Kelly was working, going to school, and developing his rap career while bouncing back from a robbery arrest.
source: people.com
