JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — New court documents show exactly how investigators linked five people to local rapper Julio Foolio’s murder.
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The extensive investigation spelled out in court documents said these five suspects had a plan to kill Foolio as part of an ongoing gang war.
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Isaiah Chance, Alicia Andrews, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy, and Rashad Murphy are all accused of his murder.
Prosecutors said Foolio was a 6 Block gang member. Chance is involved with the gang ATK and the Murphy’s are linked to the 1200 gang.
They said the suspects tracked and followed Foolio from Jacksonville to Tampa. They used cars and followed him around to two strip clubs before they pulled the trigger at a hotel.
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The documents said one car served as the “lookout,” while the second car had the shooters inside.
Surveillance video showed Chance and his girlfriend Andrews in the lookout car and the other three in the other.
Investigators said phone data and surveillance cameras linked the three shooters to the two Murphy’s and Gathright. One of the videos even came from a Tesla camera that shows the moment of the shooting.
The shots came from two AR-style rifles and a Glock firearm -- Foolio died, and three others were hurt.
Using phone data and license plate readers, police found one car at Gathright’s family member’s home in Polk County. They said Davion drove the other car back to Jacksonville, and the others went home in an Uber.
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The document reveals a traffic stop on Gathright’s car led to detectives finding a bag of live rifle rounds that may be a match to a previous attempt at trying to kill Foolio last October.
Data from Gathright’s phone revealed Murphy may have sent a text saying, “I’m koming [SIC] home my thirst is quenched!! pop a bottle of don julio -- murphy” -- as a final sign of disrespect to the rapper.
The document Action News Jax reviewed was a motion arguing to ensure Chance does not receive bond and does not get released from jail while awaiting trial.
The suspects are facing first-degree murder charges.
Four of the five suspects have been arrested. Davion Murphy is the last suspect detectives are still looking for.
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