On November 29, 2025, a tragic incident occurred at the Quality Inn hotel in Boca Raton, Florida, resulting in the untimely death of 26-year-old male recording artist Carlito Mitford Jr., who was widely known by his stage name POORSTACY. Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at the hotel, where they discovered Mitford suffering from a gunshot wound in what preliminary reports described as a self-inflicted injury.
Emergency responders rushed the musician to the nearby Delray Medical Center for urgent trauma care, but despite medical intervention, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
The events unfolding in the hotel room also led to the immediate involvement of law enforcement regarding the other occupants present during the shooting. Detectives determined that Mitford had been staying in the room with a woman identified as Nicole Grikstas and a toddler at the time of the fatal incident. While the specific circumstances surrounding the weapon's discharge were investigated as a potential suicide, the conditions in the room prompted police to take action regarding the safety of the child found at the scene.
Following the investigation at the hotel, police arrested 24-year-old Nicole Grikstas. She was taken into custody and booked into the Palm Beach County jail on a charge of child neglect. Reports indicate that the child neglect charge stemmed from the environment and events observed by officers in the hotel room where the toddler was present during the violent incident. Grikstas remained held in custody as detectives continued to piece together the final moments leading up to Mitford's death, while fans and the music community began to mourn the loss of the young artist.
