Suspect in Justin Bieber friend's Nashville shooting was free on bond - in another murder

Fox News— The suspect in the deadly Nashville robbery of a California rapper with ties to Justin Bieber and a group of friends was free on bond for a 2021 murder at the time of the deadly stickup outside a music studio Saturday, according to city police. Christopher Cheeks, a 32-year-old rapper known as Chris King, died with a gunshot wound after encountering a group of muggers along Hayes Street, police said. Another man with Cheeks at the time also suffered a gunshot wound. Nashville detectives were on...

WHNT.com—Huntsville shooting suspect’s charge upgraded to murder. A suspect in a shooting on Hillandale Road last week has had his charge upgraded to murder after the victim died from their injuries.

Los Angeles Times—Rapper Chris King, friend of Justin Bieber and Trippie Redd, killed in Nashville. The rapper Chris King, who was close friends with Justin Bieber and collaborated with Trippie Redd, was killed early Saturday morning in Nashville, according to police reports. He was 32. The artist, born Christopher Cheeks, was in an alleyway between Hayes and Church streets in Nashville at 2:30 a.m. with a 29-year-old man (who was not named), when according to Nashville police, three men attempted to rob them. Both King and the 29-year-old man were shot in the altercation, though the...

Yahoo—Rapper Chris King, friend of Justin Bieber and Trippie Redd, killed in Nashville. The rapper, born Christopher Cheeks, was Bieber's former roommate and a frequent collaborator with Trippie Redd.