UpdatedWed, Apr 28, 2021 at 1:13 pm PT
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Angel D. Butler, 28, (left) and Jovante D. Williams, 28, were arrested Tuesday in connection with a Dublin homicide case. (Dublin Police Services)
DUBLIN, CA Two people were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Bay Area rapper Lil Yase in Dublin.
Angel D. Butler, 28, and Jovante D. Williams, 28, were taken into custody Tuesday on arrest warrants. They were booked on murder charges in Santa Rita Jail in the killing of Mark Alexander Jr., 26, a rising star in the local rap scene.
Butler and Williams share a home and a child together in Dublin, said Dublin Police Capt. Nate Schmidt.
Arrests this week after five-month investigation
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Updated: Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:13 pm
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Dublin police announced Wednesday morning that a local couple were arrested this week in connection with the murder of rising San Francisco rapper Lil Yase last November.
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Angel Butler and Jovante Williams both 28 years old were taken into custody on arrest warrants Tuesday as the prime suspects in the homicide after a nearly five-month investigation, according to Dublin police Capt. Nate Schmidt.
Police are still working to determine a motive, but electronic and DNA evidence, along with a dying declaration from Lil Yase, helped lead to Butler and Williams being identified as the suspects, Schmidt told the Weekly.
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