Timothy Starks, A.K.A. the Miami rapper Baby Cino, bonded out of jail at 2.10 p.m. on March 16 and was shot and killed just over a half-hour later, according to WPLG. “Detectives are looking at every motive or every bit of information based on the evidence they have here at the scene,” a Miami-Dade Police detective Angel Rodriguez told the outlet. According to The Miami Herald, a source alleges Baby Cino was affiliated with a gang in the Little Haiti area called “Boss Life.” The Herald reports authorities are investigating if his murder could be linked to a number of recent attacks between rival street gangs in Miami, including the murder of rapper Wavy Navy Pooh in January. CBS 4 Miami reported in February that “more than a dozen” fatal shootings had occurred on South Florida highways within eight months.
Baby Cino was best known for his track “Big Haiti Shottas,” on which he raps, per The Guardian, “Spot ’em, I got ’em. If it’s an issue or a problem, we’ll pull up with them choppers. We’ll leave him dead on the scene. Hell na he ain’t making it to the doctor.” According to the outlet, Starks dedicated the song’s video to 18-year-old Gary “Melo” Laguerre, a fellow victim of a drive-by shooting in 2020. Baby Cino leaves behind glimpses of his life on Instagram, he where described himself as an upcoming artist and “The Neighborhood Hope Dealer.”
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