A Brooklyn drill rapper and father to a 3-year-old girl was fatally shot in broad daylight this week just steps from the Coney Island boardwalk, police and reports said.
Truron Roach-Martin, 24, who performed under the name “Briscoe Bands,” was struck in the face and chest around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday about a block from the ramps to the famed Brooklyn boardwalk, authorities said.
He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn, where doctors were unable to save him.
His mother, Christine Roach, told the New York Daily News that her son “was loved” and is survived by his 3-year-old daughter.
“He didn’t bother nobody,” Roach told the outlet.
“Mark my words, this murderer will be caught, and he will be prosecuted.”
Roach said her son had recently signed with a record label, and she believes the killing may have been driven by “envy and jealousy.”
“His career was taking off,” she said.
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“He was a young black man coming up in the music business.”
The NYPD had not established a motive in the slaying by Thursday.
The alleged killer fled east on West 28th Street toward Mermaid Avenue, they said.
“We don’t know what happened,” the rapper’s grieving mom added to the paper.
“We’re very much affected by this loss. My family doesn’t go through things like this. Everybody is hurting.”
Briscoe most recently announced on Instagram that he had released a remix of “Mari Glock,” originally by Chicago-based rappers Lil Noonie and Lil Sy.
He also released a track called 93 Shots, a collaboration with Lil Zay and Zy Glizz.
He had more than 13,000 followers on the social media site, where Rich Blocc Records is listed as his management.
