Lil Tjay has been arrested for alleged gun possession.
On Monday (Jan. 16), Lil Tjay was arrested in New York Metropolis on a firearm cost whereas he was reportedly on his method to a music video shoot with Ice Spice. XXL has confirmed with the New York Police Division {that a} SUV occupied by Lil Tjay, born Tione Merritt, and 4 different people was pulled over throughout a visitors cease within the Bronx at 3:50 p.m. EST. Throughout a search of the car, 4 firearms had been recovered. All 5 males have been taken into custody and await to be formally charged.
TikTok consumer hijoshotit captured video of Tjay being taken into custody. Within the clip, Tjay is in handcuffs and being hauled away by law enforcement officials whereas being questioned by the particular person filming the scene. In response to the video, Tjay was truly on the set of the Ice Spice video. It seems Tjay and Ice Spice had been capturing the video for his or her new collab “Gangsta Boo,” which leaked on-line final week.
XXL has reached out to Lil Tjay’s crew for remark.
Lil Tjay is again exterior after spending a number of months on the highway to restoration in 2022, after being shot a number of instances throughout an tried theft final June in New Jersey. Tjay lately returned to the stage, performing minutes away from the New Jersey location the place the capturing passed off. Images from the efficiency present a number of bullet wounds on the rapper’s chest and arm.
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