An unhoused girl who was arrested final week after allegedly capturing a music producer in Santa Monica has been charged with homicide.
Prosecutors stated 27-year-old Kayla Delise Mackie was charged Tuesday within the capturing dying, together with different crimes.
On the morning of Jan. 25, officers responded to a report of photographs fired on twenty ninth Avenue close to Ocean Park Boulevard. On the scene, they “situated the sufferer of the capturing seated in his parked automobile,” in line with a press release by the metropolis of Santa Monica.
The sufferer, William James Edwards III, was 46. His listed deal with was in Venice and web sites comparable to IMDb and LinkedIn confirmed he labored with artists together with Travis Scott and Lil Cobaine. He’s additionally listed as producer for a 2018 film known as “Haunting on Fraternity Row,” together with at the very least two quick movies.
On his Instagram account, rapper Lil Cobaine wrote a tribute to Edwards, saying, “to say we had been pals would put a damper on the brotherhood we’ve constructed and the moments and reminiscences we’ve amassed over the 9 years that we’ve been FAMILY. you meant the world to me.”
A GoFundMe web page for his two sons stated that Edwards, who glided by BJ, was “a proficient man that excelled at every little thing he did.”
The music producer could be missed by many within the leisure trade, the web page stated.
Police situated the suspect, Mackie, in West L.A. the morning after the capturing. They had been tipped off by witnesses who stated they noticed Mackie go away the scene, in line with the Santa Monica Police Division.
The police stated Mackie was “presently experiencing homelessness.”
Mackie was additionally “accountable for further crimes in Los Angeles, together with an armed theft and an tried murder,” town assertion alleged.
