Rapper Chris King, also known as Chris Cheeks, 32, was fatally shot in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, February 4, 2023, during an attempted robbery. The incident occurred outside a music studio on Hayes Street, where King was with a friend when they were approached by a group of younger men, according to police.
The surviving victim, identified as a 29-year-old friend of King, told police that the suspected shooter and two others approached them cordially and hung around for a bit before attempting the robbery.
King was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. His friend suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound and is expected to survive.
The suspect in the deadly shooting, 19-year-old Adrian Cameron, was identified by police and is currently at large. Cameron was out on bond in connection with the 2021 murder of another man named Josh Evans, 50, who police found shot dead in the Cumberland River.
Cameron’s father died after opening fire on a Nashville SWAT team outside his motel hideout, according to the Tennessean newspaper. His son was a minor at the time of Evans’ murder and spent six months as a fugitive before surrendering at the city’s juvenile detention center, police said previously.
Anyone with information on the younger Cameron’s whereabouts is asked to call police at 615-742-7463.
