Cleveland, OH
Northeast Ohio rapper shot and killed in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police say detectives are investigating the murder of a local musician Sunday inside an apartment.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner has identified the victim as Carlos Banks.
Also known by stage name KashBankx, the 28-year-old had amassed thousands of social media followers with his rap career.
Cleveland police say officers were called out to investigate a person shot around 4 a.m. Sunday on Broadway Avenue in the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood.
They arrived to find Banks shot multiple times inside the apartment at 5115 The Rising.
Cleveland EMS pronounced him dead on the scene.
There’s been no word on arrests at this time.
The murder remains under investigation by Cleveland police.
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