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Mark Pointer, 25, a rapper from Tampa who performed as Benzo YB Ferrari, was fatally shot on the night of August 16, 2016, near the St. Petersburg Public Library. Police responding to reports of gunfire found Pointer and another man, Julius Buchanan, both with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to Bayfront Hospital; Pointer died the following morning.

Investigators arrested fellow St. Petersburg rapper Neville Allen Chambers, also known as Fayd the God, charging him with first-degree murder in connection with Pointer’s death. Chambers was 22 at the time and had prior nonviolent legal run-ins in 2014 and 2015. Authorities said they were seeking additional suspects in the shooting.

The shooting happened the same night as an unrelated fatal shooting of 25-year-old Lerry Danny Marius in the area. Did anyone who followed the local music scene or attended shows know more about the relationship between Pointer and Chambers or what happened that night?