Virginia Rapper Playing With Gun On Social Media Accidentally Shoots Self, Authorities Say
A rapper known on TikTok as Rylo Huncho was found dead in his Suffolk, Va. home last week. While police are reportedly still investigating his death, evidence to what happened to him appears in a dreadful video posted to his Instagram story.
Huncho, or 17-year-old Raleigh Freeman III, was rushed to the hospital the evening of May 15 where he was pronounced dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Moments before, the rapper posted a video to social media of him holding a gun with a green laser and flashlight attached. While toying around with it in his hand, Freeman appeared to point the firearm at the side of his head with his finger on the trigger after seemingly switching the gun’s safety off.
“F**ck y’all ni**as,” he said to the camera.
Within milliseconds of the motion, a blast is heard and Huncho is seen collapsing to the ground and eventually out of frame.
Warning: This video may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.
Billboard reports that police are investigating the manner of death.
A family member has set up a GoFundMe to aid in the funeral costs. The page has raised $3,000 so far.
“Hello, my aunt recently lost her 17 year old son from a self-inflicted gun wound to the head. He was her only son! She was a single parent but took care of her son the best she could,” the fundraiser reads. “Suicide/accidental was the cause of his death we are still trying to figure out why. But anything I mean anything can help her at this time of need. He was her only child. She was also an only child. It was always her and her son. Anything can help! Please keep my family in your prayers thank you so much.”
Friends and family took to social media to share condolences, and also held a balloon release this past weekend in memorial of their loved one. One friend took to Facebook denouncing the circulation of the video and rude comments about Freeman. Instead, he ordered everyone to keep his mother lifted in prayer.
“To get a text saying he passed away is heartbreaking and to hear the mean things y’all are saying about Railey is so wrong on every level please god give his mother the strength to deal with the devastating pain she’s in,” wrote Twin Porter.
