California rapper Willie McCoy was finding his voice before a police encounter silenced it.
California rapper Willie McCoy was finding his voice before a police encounter silenced it
"Stay away from the streets," Welch would urge McCoy, although he didn't think McCoy was much of a"street guy.""Stay in the studio."Associates, family and friends of McCoy, 20, described him as a young man who played peacemaker when those around him got upset. They said that after grappling with immeasurable loss as a boy, McCoy had learned to give generously if he knew others, especially children, needed help.
Authorities warn it could take"several months" or longer before the investigation is complete and for the Solano County District Attorney's Office and other agencies to determine if criminal charges are warranted in McCoy's death.'WILLIE WAS A GIVER'His father, Willie Sr., was a janitor at a high school in Sacramento and died of mesothelioma when McCoy was 8. By the time he turned 12, his mother, Volencia Logan, also died of cancer.
Shawn McCoy poses for a portrait in Oakland, Calif., on March 1, 2019. Shawn gave the eulogy at his uncle Willie McCoy's funeral, acknowledging that Willie's name will now be added to a list of black men shot and killed by police.McCoy got his GED diploma, but music remained his saving grace, and he yearned for that same success that other big-name rappers from Vallejo, such as E-40 and Mac Dre, achieved.
McCoy had been touring in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, in recent weeks, and returned to Vallejo to record again. At around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, a Taco Bell employee called 911 about aVallejo police said that as officers attempted to box in his car, which was still running, to prevent any erratic movement, McCoy woke up but failed to listen to commands.
David Harrison, a cousin of Willie McCoy, speaks at a rally outside City Hall in Vallejo, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2019."He wasn't at the Taco Bell to rob the place or hurt anyone," Kori McCoy, an older brother and Shawn McCoy's father, said.
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