Police reveals how social media post led killers to Rapper, Pop Smoke’s home

Police said the social media posts of Pop Smoke led his killers to his home in LA after he had mistakenly posted a photo of his address online.

The singer, whose real name was Bashar Jackson, was shot deadly at the Hollywood Hills home he was staying at during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery. He was 20-years-old.

The Los Angeles Times reported back in February that the rapper had posted pictures on social media showing large amounts of money, designer goods and a luxury car. He also posted a story of the designer bags on Instagram and Facebook, and the full address of the house could be read on the packaging.

Speaking on the arrest of five suspects in connection to the killing, Capt. Jonathan Tippet of Los Angeles Police Department ‘s elite Robbery-Homicide Division, said that three men and two teenage boys likely went to the home because they knew Pop Smoke was there from social media posts.

He said they stole items from the home, but didn’t reveal what was taken.

“We believe that it was a robbery. Initially, we didn’t really have the evidence but then we discovered some other evidence that showed this was likely a home invasion gone bad,” Tippet told The Associated Press.

“It’s our belief that (the home-invasion robbery) was based on some of the social media” posts, Tippet said. “It’s based on the fact that he was posting his information may have contributed to him knowing where to find him.”

The five suspects arrested on Thursday morning are believed to be members of a South Los Angeles gang which is also linked to an 18-year-old man’s 2019 homicide when a fight escalated into a shooting outside the Pasadena Rose Bowl.

Corey Walker, 19, from Los Angeles; Jaquan Murphy, 21, from Los Angeles; and Keandre D. Rodgers, 18, from Los Angeles are named as the suspects. The other two are juveniles (ages 15 and 17) and their names have not been released.

Walker and Rodgers were arrested on suspicion of murder and Murphy was held on suspicion of attempted murder. The 15-year-old and the 17-year-old also were booked on suspicion of murder.

The adult suspects are being held on $1 million bail.

The home where the shooting occurred is owned by Edwin Arroyave and his wife Teddi Mellencamp, daughter of Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer John Mellencamp.

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