The four suspects in the murder case of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio have all been found guilty of first-degree murder.
On May 8, a Tampa jury reached a verdict in the case after eight hours of deliberation. Suspects Rashad Murphy, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy, and Isaiah Chance were all found guilty. Rashad, Gathright, and Davion were also found guilty on lesser charges.
The fifth suspect, Alicia Andrews, was found guilty of manslaughter last October.
Now, the trial will move on to the penalty phase, where jurors will decide whether to sentence the men to life in prison or the death penalty.
Foolio was shot and killed on June 23, 2024, after coming to Tampa to celebrate his 26th birthday at an Airbnb. He was eventually asked to leave due to having too many people at the residence, causing him to attempt to get a room at a nearby Holiday Inn.
That’s when the four men, who’d been allegedly tracking him through multiple Tampa nightclubs that night, shot at his car as someone else in the vehicle attempted to drive away. Foolio died at the scene.
Authorities have claimed that Foolio’s murder was due to a war between multiple Jacksonville gangs. They claimed that 6 Block, which Foolio had allegedly belonged to, was in an ongoing altercation between two allied gangs, ATK (Ace’s Top Killers, which is, per prosecutors, connected to rapper Yungeen Ace) and 1200.
Foolio gained national attention in 2021 due to his feud with Yungeen Ace after the latter dropped “Who I Smoke,” allegedly dissing the former’s fallen friends. Foolio responded with several diss tracks such as “Beatbox Remix” and “When I See You.”
