{"id":181687,"date":"2026-04-01T02:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/181687\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T02:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:37:08","slug":"nyc-man-sentenced-to-at-least-20-years-behind-bars-for-gunning-down-la-rapper-in-june-2022-pharmacy-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/181687\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC man sentenced to at least 20 years behind bars for gunning down LA rapper in June 2022 pharmacy robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bronx native was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for the vicious robbery-gone-wrong murder of a Los Angeles drill rapper \u2014 that left the family outraged at the killer\u2019s possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>Isiah Garrett, 27, will spend at least 20 years behind bars for fatally shooting rapper Avanti Frowner a dozen times in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/29\/second-suspect-busted-in-nyc-slaying-of-rapper-avanti-frowner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broad daylight inside a Bronx pharmacy<\/a> in June 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the hefty prison sentence, the rapper\u2019s family was left stunned that Garrett could one day walk the streets again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving him the possibility of parole is crazy,\u201d Avanti\u2019s brother, Roger Frowner, Jr., told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Chilling footage captured the June 2022 robbery and murder of Avanti Frowner, a 27-year-old rapper from Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old rapper \u2014 known as \u201cVontae\u201d \u2014 was visiting New York City for a performance when walked into the Crotona pharmacy with a friend to purchase medication, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>On their way out of the store, the rapper and his friend were robbed of their gold chains by Garrett and three of his pals \u2014 and forced back into the store at gunpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garret\u2019s three accomplices mercilessly attacked Frowner before Garrett fatally shot him 12 times in the torso. <\/p>\n<p>The killing was caught on <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/10\/video-shows-moment-drill-rapper-is-killed-in-nyc-pharmacy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">harrowing footage<\/a> from the store\u2019s surveillance cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The LA-based rapper was rushed to the hospital where he later died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bronx native, Isiah Garrett, 27 was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of Frowner. Tomas E. Gaston<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe callously murdered Frowner and put everyone in the pharmacy and on the street at risk,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>After the brutal slaying, Garrett and two of his buddies fled to Georgia where they were arrested later that month.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett pleaded guilty to first-degree murder earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>Avanti Frowner was in New York City for a performance in June 2022 when he was murdered in a Bronx pharmacy. <\/p>\n<p>Nayshon White, 28 pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Tuesday and is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison on May 29.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say cases for the two other accomplices are still pending.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx native was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for the vicious robbery-gone-wrong murder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1016,57,238,9,56,63,65,64,9068,3355,2955,3980,129,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-181687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-los-angeles","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-murders","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-pharmacy","17":"tag-rappers","18":"tag-robberies","19":"tag-shootings","20":"tag-the-bronx","21":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}