Rapper Lil TJay Shot Multiple Times in New Jersey, Suspect Arrested

Authorities in New Jersey arrested three people early on Wednesday in connection to an attempted armed robbery that left two people wounded, includ...

June 28, 2022
6:02 PM

Authorities in New Jersey arrested three people early on Wednesday in connection to an attempted armed robbery that left two people wounded, including Bronx-born rapperĀ Lil TJay. The 21-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Tione Jayden Merritt, was shot multiple times at a Chipotle Restaurant in Edgewater, New Jersey, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. A second individual, identified as 22-year-old Antoine Boyd, was found with a single gunshot wound about a mile from Merritt's location.

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