A well-known rapper from Memphis, Tennesee has died after he was gunned down Friday night on Houston’s southside, according to his fiance. His fiance says he leaves behind five children.
The victim, who police identified as 36-year-old LaPreston Porter, was found lying in a ditch with a gunshot wound to his neck in the 4300 block of Alice Street.
Porter was a rapper who was more commonly known by his stage name, Snootie Wild. His fiance Crystal Meredith says he leaves behind five children.Houston police officers were made aware of the shooting through HPD’s new shot spotter technology. HPD Lt. R. Willkens says surveillance video from the area shows a white vehicle pulling up with two men and one woman inside before a single shot was fired into Porter’s SUV.Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.Moriah Ballard joined the KPRC 2 digital team in the fall of 2021.