By Alicia Cruz
Senior writer
theblackurbantimes.com
Aspiring rap artist kills self as police closed in on him
Greenburgh, New York -- King Tut, nee Darnell Brittingham of Weaverville, N.C. shot and killed himself in a taxi as officers closed in on him, said police Lt. Chris McNerney. Darnell Brittingham was pronounced dead Tuesday night in Greenburgh, N.Y. "He knew we were going to arrest him, and he decided he wasn't going to go to jail," said Greenburgh police Chief John Kapica. Brittingham, an aspiring rapper, was accused of stabbing his girlfriend seven times in a Hackensack apartment on Feb. 12. Police in Hackensack had traced him through his cell phone to a motel in Greenburgh, where officers saw him get into a taxi with a woman on Tuesday. Officers stopped the vehicle, and Bri
ttingham shot himself with a handgun after ignoring orders to get out, McNerney said. The unnamed female passenger and taxi driver have not been charged.
Senior writer
theblackurbantimes.com
Aspiring rap artist kills self as police closed in on him
Greenburgh, New York -- King Tut, nee Darnell Brittingham of Weaverville, N.C. shot and killed himself in a taxi as officers closed in on him, said police Lt. Chris McNerney. Darnell Brittingham was pronounced dead Tuesday night in Greenburgh, N.Y. "He knew we were going to arrest him, and he decided he wasn't going to go to jail," said Greenburgh police Chief John Kapica. Brittingham, an aspiring rapper, was accused of stabbing his girlfriend seven times in a Hackensack apartment on Feb. 12. Police in Hackensack had traced him through his cell phone to a motel in Greenburgh, where officers saw him get into a taxi with a woman on Tuesday. Officers stopped the vehicle, and Bri
ttingham shot himself with a handgun after ignoring orders to get out, McNerney said. The unnamed female passenger and taxi driver have not been charged.
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