T-Pain niece stabbing: Rapper appeals for help after young woman fatally injured
Police said they were hunting for a suspect and gave a description
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Your support makes all the difference.The award-winning rapper and producer T-Pain has asked the public for help after it was revealed that his niece had been fatally stabbed in Florida.
Police said that a young woman stabbed outside a pharmacist was a 23-year-old niece of the musician.
Tallahassee police said Javona Glover was stabbed Tuesday morning by an unknown suspect outside a Walgreens. Police say Glover was bleeding heavily when medical personnel arrived, and that she died shortly afterwards, the Associated Press said.
On his verified Twitter account, the Grammy Award-winning T-Pain, who is from Tallahassee and whose real name is Faheem Najm , tweeted a link to a news story about the killing and asked for help identifying the suspect.
Neither the artist, nor his representatives, have made any other comment.
Police say the suspect is a black male, about 5-feet, 9-inches tall and was wearing a black T-shirt and white shoes.
Walgreens confirmed Ms Glover worked at the West Tallahassee store and provided a statement expressing condolences.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of our team member. The store is temporarily closed while police conduct their investigation and we refer you to police for any additional information,” it said.
The rapper, whose stage name stands for “Tallahassee Pain" and who has worked with a range of artists including Kanye West, DJ Khaled and R Kelly, asked members of the public to provide any information they had about the fatal incident.
“The police are still looking for that coward that just killed my niece at Walgreens in Tallahassee,” he said. “If you got info pls help us out!”
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