Durham cops arrested a second person for killing rapper Billy Resio in a drive-by shooting.
Tony Lamont Scott II was busted on Tuesday on murder charges. The 25-year-old faces the same charges as Aryahna Kiara Mangum, who was arrested last month. Both suspects are charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and two counts of felony conspiracy.
Court records show they planned the attack together.
Billy Resio was driving his 2024 Chevrolet Malibu on January 4 when the shooters pulled up. They fired multiple shots into his car with a 9mm handgun. The Durham rapper died from a gunshot wound to the neck. A woman riding with him got shot in the head but survived the attack.
Billy Resio had just signed with Rich Nation Entertainment and dropped a collaboration with NBA YoungBoy called “Labeled Me Top Shotta.” The track was getting radio play and streaming numbers before his death.
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“He was just a natural, like he was born to do it,” Rich Nation CEO Michael Mitchell told WRAL News. “Wish I could have saved him because we had talked about him moving out of Durham and coming down here to Miami.”