Left inset: Murder suspect Cameron Kizer Jr. (Allen County Sheriff’s Department). Right inset: Jathen Maxwell (Community Funeral Care). Background: The 3900 block of Warsaw Street in Fort Wayne, Ind., where Jathen Maxwell was shot and killed (WPTA/YouTube).
A 19-year-old in Indiana is accused of rapping on YouTube and posting on social media about murdering a man after doing just that — saying morbid things like “head shot” and “I gotta finish the beef they started,” according to police.
Cameron Kizer Jr., who is already in prison for battery over an unrelated incident, was charged Monday with murder in connection with the July 2024 shooting death of 20-year-old Jathen Maxwell, according to online court records and the Fort Wayne Police Department. The incident was reported by a relative of the victim at around midnight on July 25 in the 3900 block of Warsaw Street in Fort Wayne, with Maxwell being shot in the head and hip, per cops.
Kizer’s charging documents, which were obtained by local CBS affiliate WANE, accused him of rapping about the shooting on YouTube and other social media platforms.
“I gotta finish the beef they started. You get a low on bro then call me,” Kizer rapped, according to WANE. A female who allegedly helped Kizer carry out the Maxwell shooting told cops that Kizer wanted to “set up” Maxwell for a robbery and was threatening him “for a while.”
“The Fort Wayne Police Department’s Homicide Unit has been diligently investigating the homicide and with the assistance of the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office,” FWPD officials said in a Tuesday press release. “Kizer is currently confined in the Indiana Department of Corrections — Westville Correctional Facility on an unrelated battery conviction.”
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After Maxwell was killed, investigators reportedly found over two dozen 9-millimeter shell casings at the scene. Witnesses told cops that Kizer had been threatening him on social media for quite some time, though it’s unclear why. He allegedly posted his YouTube rap video just hours after the shooting went down, WANE reports.
In addition to murder, Kizer is also accused of asking friends to get him a stolen car to use during the incident. It’s unclear when he will be in court next.
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