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Tazarie Emonte Butler

Death by Force
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On June 27, 2023, at approximately 9:08 p.m., deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff's Office responded to a shooting incident at 135 Beam Road in Lumberton, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they discovered 20-year-old Tazarie Emonte Butler, an emerging rapper known as "Lil JBo," deceased from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Butler had been involved in a physical altercation with a friend, Joshton Locklear, reportedly over a disagreement about the authenticity of Butler's watch. ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Tazarie Emonte Butler

    Male

    Black / African American

    Lumberton

    NC

    2023-06-27

    20

    Tazarie

    Emonte Butler

    11/19/2025

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