Posted February 13, 2018 8:56 am by Comments

By John Falkenberg

GREENSBORO, NC — In a world in which youth often struggle to keep on the straight and narrow, it’s always good to see a young man or woman start to turn their life around.

However, for one young man who got himself involved with a crowd that led him to encounters with illegally-armed thugs, his turnaround began too late.

Fantasia Barrino’s nephew lost his life this week because a firearm ended up in the wrong person’s hands.

As WGHP reports:

Greensboro police have identified the teen who was shot and killed Tuesday morning, according to a news release. Tyquan Vonricco Washington, 18, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 700 block of Hyde Drive at 10:54 a.m.

Washington is the son of recording artist Ricco Barrino, whose real name is Kassim Vonricco Washington, and the nephew of “American Idol” and Grammy-winning singer Fantasia Barrino. Emergency crews performed life-saving measures but Washington was pronounced dead at Moses Cone Hospital.

David Lee White Jr., 21, of Greensboro, has been arrested in connection with the shooting. White is charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the Guilford County Jail without bond…

Ricco Barrino said he knew his son had gotten into some …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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