Outkast rapper Big Boi's uncle gunned down in Atlanta road-rage horror

Daily Mail​

5 days ago

The uncle of Outkast member Big Boi has been fatally shot in a road-rage incident in Atlanta.
Remoin Patton, 62, was found dead shortly after 5.30pm on June 16, the Atlanta Police Department said.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing, detectives announced Friday.
Patton is the uncle of the 50-year-old rapper - real name Antwan Andre Patton - who is responsible for founding hip-hop duo Outkast, along with Andre 3000.
According to police, Patton had been behind the wheel and was attempting to make a turn when he got into a verbal argument with the occupants of another vehicle.
'During the altercation, the victim was shot, causing him to crash his vehicle into a vacant residence,' the APD said.
Patton was later found by officers with a gunshot wound to the back, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
'The car just turned and crashed into the house. Actually the double windows were right here,' Chris Walker, who was housesitting the property for its landlord, told WSBTV.
'I'm like, "What the heck happened to my place that I'm staying now?"' Walker continued. 'I never thought it would be this property.'
Footage from the station shows that Patton appears to have hit a support post on the home's covered porch and crashed through a section of its front wall, which was later covered with a tarp.
Police announced Friday that a suspected gunman had been arrested as part of its investigation.
Jabyrion Crumbley, 18, was said to have been joined by his attorney when he turned himself in to police on Wednesday, July 2, at the Fulton County Jail, where he was booked.
Crumbley has been charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Accused: Jabyrion Crumbley (L), 18, was booked for murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Janisha Crumbley (R) was charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon
'Heart aches': Big Boi said in a statement to WSBTV that a 'moment of rage has totally pierced the heart of my family forever'
According to jail records viewed by DailyMail.com, Crumbley remains in jail without bail as of Friday.
Police had previously arrested 32-year-old Janisha Crumbley on June 20, during a traffic stop. She was charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon.
According to jail records, she was booked on June 21 and released on a $30,000 surety bond the following day.
'Everybody who knows Uncle Moonie heart aches,' Big Boi said in a statement to WSBTV on Thursday.
'He wasn't just "My" Uncle, he was Unk to all that met him. A moment of rage has totally pierced the heart of my family forever,' he continued. 'May Uncle Moonie's soul rest in peace.'
In a tribute post shared the same day on Instagram, he shared numerous photos and video of his uncle Remoin, writing: 'Long Live Uncle Moonie ….Miss ya UNC 💔 To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.'
Big Boi and Andre 3000 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year under their Outkast moniker.
The group hasn't released an album since 2006, though both have released multiple solo albums in the ensuing years.