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Police arrested the second suspect wanted in the double murder of Texas rapper Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter.
According to Tarrant County booking records, 21-year-old Jakobie Russell was taken into custody on Friday, March 7, after 5 days on the run.
Russell is charged with capital murder of multiple persons and assault of a pregnant person. The latter charge stems from an earlier domestic violence incident.
On Thursday, the Texas Rangers arrested Adonis Robinson, 24, at a gas station in Livingston, Texas — about 75 miles northeast of Houston. Police also arrested a female getaway driver. The Internet identified the getaway driver as Robinson’s girlfriend.
Forest Hill police Chief David Hernandez told The Dallas Morning News in a phone call that Robinson was captured “around 25-30 minutes ago.” Hernandez previously called Robinson “public enemy number 1” in a news conference on Wednesday. He said Robinson was a registered sex offender.
A female getaway driver & 1 of the men who killed Lil Ronnie & his 5 year old daughter have been caught in Livingston, Texas… 3 hours away from Ft Worth pic.twitter.com/lFle6w1BUg
— SAY CHEESE! ?? (@SaycheeseDGTL) March 7, 2025
Robinson has a violent criminal history that includes an arrest in 2019 for sexually assaulting a 55-year-old woman who was walking along a trail near Marine Creek Reservoir.
Robinson ambushed the woman on the trail and tried to undress her, but a bystander heard her cries for help and chased him off.
Robinson and Russell were named as suspects in the shooting deaths of aspiring rapper G$ Lil Ronnie, real name Ronnie Sibley, and his 5-year-old daughter, R’mani Sibley.
They were celebrating her belated birthday when they were gunned down at Slappy’s Express car wash in Forest Hill just before 11 a.m. on Monday.
The suspects face a capital murder charge for killing a child. Capital murder is punishable by death in the electric chair if convicted.
“The arrest results from relentless investigation and coordination, and we would like to express our gratitude for the dedication of the Fort Worth Police Department Tactical Intelligence Unit, whose support has been pivotal in bringing Robinson into custody,” the police chief said in a subsequent news release.
Family members previously told FOX 4 that Ronnie lived in Crowley but stopped in Forest Hill on Monday to pick up his daughter.
Ronnie also leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter.
A friend of Lil Ronnie’s 5-year-old daughter, R’Mani, shares how much she misses them after they were both tragically killed in a shooting.
She also remembers spending Valentine’s Day with Ronnie and R’Mani when her dad couldn’t attend a father-daughter school event. ? pic.twitter.com/JnIMENCK7Q
— No Jumper (@nojumper) March 6, 2025
