A man has been charged in the fatal shooting of local rapper Phil Da Phuture during a robbery at a Northwest D.C. dispensary where the rapper worked, D.C. police said.
On Monday, 21-year-old Trenton Collins was arrested and charged with first degree murder while armed.
Police said Collins had entered a Northwest D.C. cannabis dispensary in March and demanded money from the patrons and employees. During the robbery, he fired a shot, fatally striking 41-year-old Philip Prendergast after he had cooperated with Collins. The suspects took the property and money before fleeing the scene, according to police.
Prendergast later died at a hospital.
Police are continuing their search for the second suspect in the robbery and have released surveillance video from the incident:
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Anyone with information about the case is asked to call D.C. police at 202-727-9099.
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