{"id":205228,"date":"2026-04-21T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205228\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:17:08","slug":"cops-arrest-stepson-accused-of-killing-brooklyn-rapper-over-smoking-near-pregnant-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205228\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops arrest stepson accused of killing Brooklyn rapper over smoking near pregnant mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cops have arrested the 16-year-old boy accused of gunning down his stepfather<\/a> in a clash over smoking weed around the teen\u2019s pregnant mother in their NYCHA apartment, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Detectives nabbed the teen in the Bronx Tuesday afternoon, nine days after he allegedly shot Jamel Davis inside their home at Brooklyn\u2019s Walt Whitman Houses<\/a> near Fort Greene Park on April 12 during an \u201congoing dispute,\u201d according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.<\/p>\n

The suspect\u2019s name was not immediately released by this newspaper as detectives determine charges.<\/p>\n

On the morning of the shooting, the boy\u2019s mother, who was three months pregnant, was upset he was smoking weed in the house, Kenny said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe didn\u2019t want the baby to be affected by the smoke,\u201d Kenny told reporters during a briefing at Police Headquarters on Tuesday. \u201cSo mom first texts her son and tells him to stop smoking weed. That turns into a verbal dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few minutes later, Davis, 48, gets involved, Kenny said. He and the teen start arguing and then get into a physical fight.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The teen) walks back to the bedroom, grabs a shoebox, (pulls a gun) and shoots (Davis) two times, once in the chest, once in the arm,\u201d the chief said.<\/p>\n

\"APolice at the scene where authorities said a 43-year-old man was shot and killed by his 16-year-old stepson in an apartment building in Brooklyn on April 12. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Cops long suspected the youth was responsible for the killing. After a prolonged search, cops tracked him down to E. 165th St., where he was taken into custody without incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a backpack with all his belongings in it,\u201d Kenny said. \u201cAnd he looks very disheveled, like he\u2019s been living out on the street since the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cops were getting a search warrant to go through the backpack.<\/p>\n

Police sources said the teen had two prior arrests. There were also two previous incidents when cops were called to the family home to stop arguments between the teen and his 38-year-old mom.<\/p>\n

On the day of the shooting, the teen denied he was smoking and \u201cwas being so disrespectful, calling (his mother) some names,\u201d said Davis\u2019 brother, Geo Miller, who spoke to the boy\u2019s mother after the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what got my brother out the bed, to say, \u2018Hey, bro, why are you talking to your mother like that? If you wasn\u2019t smoking that\u2019s fine but you don\u2019t need to talk to her like that,’\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen one thing led to another,\u201d Miller added. \u201cIt didn\u2019t warrant (his death) \u2026 You don\u2019t do that to a person that treated you with love and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice are pictured at the scene where a 43-year-old man was allegedly shot and killed by his 16-year-old stepson in an apartment building on Cumberland Walk in Brooklyn on April 12. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The teen\u2019s mom is three months pregnant with Davis\u2019 child, according to the victim\u2019s brother. The accused teen shooter is her only other child.<\/p>\n

Davis had everything to live for at the time of his shock slaying. The baby on the way would have been his third child. And after years of struggling to make headway in the rap scene,\u00a0his new song \u201cSlidin\u201d<\/a>\u00a0was starting to\u00a0go viral\u00a0<\/a>and even\u00a0soundtracked a recent Instagram reel from 50 Cent.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe just never gave up. And when he turned 43 years old, he finally gets this opportunity,\u201d Miller, 40, said of his brother\u2019s recent success. \u201cAnd then he gets killed by his stepson. How do you make it this far to get killed by someone you raised?\u201d<\/p>\n

Medics rushed Davis to\u00a0New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital,<\/a>\u00a0where he died.<\/p>\n

Davis performed\u00a0under the name Sinthoro Upper.<\/a>\u00a0He and the teen suspect\u2019s mother had been together for about eight years.<\/p>\n

After years of trying to make it big, his song \u201cSlidin\u201d suddenly gained some traction with listeners \u2014 something that surprised Davis more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe funny thing is that he was just playing on the song,\u201d his brother recalled. \u201cHe saw a movie and it was like some type of mob movie and he was reenacting certain things \u2026 He was having a good time in the studio, joking around. So that wasn\u2019t a real record \u2014 it just happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA memorial for Jamel Davis is pictured outside his home on April 13. (Nicholas Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

When 50 Cent soundtracked a March 16 Instagram reel with \u201cSlidin,\u201d it helped draw in scores of listeners. In a podcast interview posted just three weeks ago, Davis was thrilled by his newfound success<\/a>. \u201cI look on the phone and say, \u2018What? 50?\u2019\u201d he told the hosts of \u201cTalk Ya Talk.\u201d \u201cI said, \u2018What?!?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a welcome reward for a man who spent years trying to make it in the music business, his brother said.<\/p>\n

Davis leaves behind a 16-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son, in addition to the baby on the way, Miller said.<\/p>\n

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