A TikTok star — self-dubbed the “wig influencer” — was shot lifeless by her longtime boyfriend in Florida after the couple obtained right into a heated argument inside his automotive.
Maurice Harrison, 21, who glided by @Girlalala throughout social media, was discovered affected by a number of gunshot wounds contained in the passenger seat of a car in Lauderdale Lakes on Friday at round 7 p.m., the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a press launch.
The social media star was rushed to an area hospital, the place they have been pronounced lifeless, authorities stated.
The suspected killer — Harrison’s boyfriend of seven years, Shanoyd Whyte Jr. — was arrested on the scene, the place police additionally recovered a firearm.
Investigators decided that the couple had been “engaged in a verbal argument which turned bodily whereas inside Whyte Jr.’s car,” previous to the taking pictures.
“Sooner or later, the sufferer was shot whereas sitting within the automotive,” police stated.
Surveillance footage is believed to have captured Harrison’s closing moments earlier than she was shot and killed, NBC Miami reported.
Within the footage, Whyte Jr., 25, is seen stepping out of his automotive with what seems to be a gun because the influencer leans out of the passenger door, earlier than he walks over and pushes her again inside.
Whyte Jr. — a former defensive lineman on the soccer staff at Bethune-Cookman College — is at present locked up on the Broward County Jail and is being held with out bond.
He has been charged with first-degree homicide with a firearm.
Harrison, a hairstylist from Pompano Seaside, Fla., amassed greater than 235,000 followers on TikTok earlier than the account was deactivated, in accordance with NBC Miami.
Her still-active Instagram web page has over 41,000 followers.
She was identified to her followers for her colourful, artistic hairstyles and referred to herself as a “wig influencer” in her TikTok bio.
A GoFundMe was launched by her household to assist with the TikTok star’s funeral bills.
One of many donations included a $5,000 reward from Metropolis Ladies rapper JT.
The rapper, 32, additionally paid a touching tribute to Harrison on her Instagram, posting a clip of them having enjoyable onstage at a nightclub.
“Relaxation stunning girlala! We love you & Heaven won’t ever be boring now that you’re there, your boldness, vitality, humor & magnificence will likely be missed! You by no means missed an opportunity to indicate me love & for that I’m without end grateful,” JT wrote.
“I’m sorry this occurred to you!”
The “Ladies Gone Wild” rapper included the hashtags “#protecttranswomen” and “#protectblackwomen,” and known as on her followers to “shield feminism as an entire!” within the put up.
Within the wake of her demise, followers circulated previous movies suggesting Harrison and Whyte Jr. had a tumultuous, poisonous relationship, NBC Miami reported.
One video confirmed her with a lower on her nostril and underneath her eye, claiming that they have been all the time preventing.
If discovered responsible of first-degree homicide with a firearm, Whyte Jr. may face a most sentence of both the demise penalty or life in jail with out the potential for parole underneath Florida legislation.
