Timothy Starks
Timothy Starks, a 20-year-old rapper from South Florida, was remembered by friends and fans as a promising artist, and his best-known song was about the Little Haiti neighborhood. He had been released on bond from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County on March 16, 2022. Less than an hour later, while riding in a red Nissan turning onto the Palmetto Expressway, a gunman in another vehicle fired on the car. Miami-Dade police detectives said he was shot in the head and died at the scene and that the driver was wounded; police had not identified a suspect, and investigators were examining whether the shooting was linked to recent ambushes tied to street gangs.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Miami-Dade police detectives say he was shot to death on the Palmetto Expressway after his release on bond, and the shooting appears to have been carried out by a gunman in another vehicle.
Reported by: Miami-Dade police detectives (the agency that held him); Miami Herald report, as relayed by Complex (reporters).