Bay Harbor Islands, FL – Pooh Shiesty was reportedly arrested on Tuesday (October 13) in connection with a double shooting that took place on October 9. According to WSVN 7 News Miami, the 1017 Records artist — real name Lontrell Williams — was charged with shooting two people in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida after a failed drug and sneaker deal.
WSVN 7 News reporter Sheldon Fox tweeted, ” Lontrell Williams, a.k.a., Pooh Shiesty, 20, is charged in connection with a double shooting last Friday in @BayHarborIsland. @BHIPolice said the recording artist was part of a ‘drug and expensive sneaker deal gone wrong’ and left the scene in a rented green McLaren. @wsvn #7News.”
Lontrell Williams, AKA, Pooh Shiesty, 20, is charged in connection with a double shooting last Friday in @BayHarborIsland. @BHIPolice said the recording artist was part of a “drug and expensive sneaker deal gone wrong” and left the scene in a rented green McLaren. @wsvn #7News pic.twitter.com/L99WNNjZdt
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) October 13, 2020
The 20-year-old rapper, who turned himself in to Bay Harbor Island police after learning a warrant had been issued on Saturday (October 10), was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade on Tuesday. He faces several charges, including armed robbery, aggravated assault and theft.
The two people who were shot were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police believe there are still two other subjects who are alleged to have been involved in the shooting. No bond has been set for Mr. Shiesty as of publication time.