Jury Convicts 3 of Murder in Death of Rapper XXXTentacion

Dedrick Williams (L), Trayvon Newsome (C), and Michael Boatwright are found guilty of first-degree murder of XXXTentacion at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on March 20, 2023. Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside a South Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000.

Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were also convicted of armed robbery by a jury that rendered its verdict less than an hour after beginning its eighth day of deliberations.