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Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio shot and killed in Tampa, attorney says

Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio has been shot and killed at a Holiday Inn across from the University of South Florida in Tampa, according to his attorney.

Jacksonville-based attorney Lewis Fusco confirmed Sunday that his client Charles Andrew Jones II, the 26-year-old who goes by his rapper name, had been killed early Sunday morning.

The Tampa Police Department said it received a 911 call regarding a shooting at the 11606 McKinley Drive hotel at approximately 4:40 a.m. 

"The victim in this morning's shooting is believed to be Charles Jones (DOB: 6-21-1998). Positive identification is pending confirmation from the Medical Examiner's Office," the agency said in a statement.

A news release said officers observed two vehicles that had been shot at in the parking lot of a hotel. Four people were injured in the shooting, police said, with one person pronounced dead. Three other victims were treated at a local hospital. 

Police refer to the investigation as active and are investigating what led up to the shooting and working to identify who is involved.

Anyone with information related to the shooting is asked to call (813) 231-6130 or share a tip via Tip411, via the TampaPD app. The agency has not released a suspect description.

Social media posts from Jones' account show a pool party at an Airbnb. Other images posted by Jones promote a birthday party at Teasers, a gentlemen's club in Tampa.

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Jones was arrested April 8, 2023, and charged with felony fleeing following a traffic stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Jacksonville police said. He was released on $10,000 bond.

He also made headlines in November 2021 after being grazed by a shooters’ bullet in Jacksonville’s Riverside area where he said he was at a recording studio. Foolio later took to Instagram to taunt his assailants saying, “Y’all miss a whole 100 shots literally.”