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on may 14th 2023, An 18-year-old man admitted a Juvenile Court petition, charging him with fatally shooting rapper, Pop Smoke, during a home-invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills area. The young man, who was 15 at the time of the crime, admitted to a first-degree murder charge stemming from the February 19th, 2020 killing of the rapper, along with an allegation that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm during the crime. He also admitted to the home-invasion robbery count. He is expected to be held in a state juvenile facility until he turns 25. he could not be charged as an adult under state law given his age at the time of the crime. The judge declined to give any of the three credit for time they had already served in custody, and their names are not being publicly released because of their ages at the time of the crime. The Judge said during the hearing, That man lost his life over no good reason. You have no right to take somebody's life.
