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Linda Trischitta

Arrest warrant issued for 'person of interest' in XXXTentacion killing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Ten days after Robert Allen was named a person of interest in the killing of South Florida rapper XXXTentacion, a Broward County judge signed a warrant for his arrest.

Allen, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, was seen in a surveillance image from RIVA Motorsports in Deerfield Beach, where XXXTentacion was shopping before he was shot multiple times on June 18.

Allen has been on probation for possessing PVP, or flakka, and carrying a concealed firearm, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. But he has "failed to make every effort" to find a job, and owes the state $3,386 for accrued monthly fees to pay for community supervision, according to the warrant.

On the day XXXTentacion, 20, of Plantation, died, the rapper was behind the wheel of his black BMW i8. It was blocked by an SUV as he was leaving the motorcycle dealer's parking lot.

Two gunmen _ one in a black mask, the other wearing a red mask _ jumped out of the SUV and struggled with the artist, whose given name was Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy.

He was shot multiple times during the ambush. A small bag was stolen from his BMW before the gunmen fled, according to an arrest report.

Detectives have arrested one person in the case.

Dedrick Devonshay Williams, 22, of Pompano Beach, is accused of being the driver of the SUV that Monday afternoon. He was arrested June 20 and faces a premeditated-murder charge, though detectives don't believe he fired a gun during the killing. They are looking for other suspects. Williams is being held without bond in Fort Lauderdale in the main county jail.

After the attack on XXXTentacion, paramedics took him to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, where he died. The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office listed his cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

A viewing of the artist's open casket was held last week at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, and drew massive crowds of young mourners who wanted to say farewell to him.

His mother, Cleopatra Bernard of Parkland, posted on Instagram a photograph of his mausoleum.

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