Lionel "Chinx" Pickens, age 31
Lost to gun violence on May 17, 2015 in Queens, New York.
better known by his stage name Chinx, was an American hip hop recording artist from Queens, New York. He was a member of the Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later joined French Montana's Coke Boys Records. He was best known for his appearances on the Coke Boys mixtapes and the Cocaine Riot mixtape series. He was killed by a then unknown assailant through a fatal gunshot wound after a drive-by shooting in Jamaica, Queens, on May 17, 2015. Two accused men have since been arrested in the case.
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News sources:
- DNAinfo New York: Police Hunt Gunman Who Killed Rapper in Drive-by Shooting
- May 17: New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: Drive-by shooting in Queens kills rapper Lionel ‘Chinx’ Pickens, critically injures another man
- Gun Violence Archive
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