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Rapper Julio Foolio from Florida attacked and killed at birthday party

Florida rapper Julio Foolio was shot and killed in Tampa on Sunday, just two days after celebrating his 26th birthday, his attorney said.

Foolio, whose real name is Charles Jones, was staying at a Holiday Inn hotel in Tampa after being “kicked out” of an Airbnb where he had been partying when the rapper was “basically ambushed,” attorney Lewis Fusco told News4JAX.

Rapper Julio Foolio was shot dead in Florida two days after his 26th birthday. Julio Foolio/Instagram
A post by Foolio inviting people to his pool party. Instagram / @julio_foolio
A post from Foolio from the party shortly before the shooting. Instagram / @julio_foolio
Foolio wrote that the police ended the party and kicked him out of the AirBnb. Instagram / @julio_foolio
A post from Foolio thanking the people who attended his party. Instagram / @julio_foolio
According to his lawyer, Foolio was “basically ambushed.” Instagram / @julio_foolio

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