ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 20: Rapper Hurricane Chris attends the MP3waxx.com Deejays & Producers Honors Luncheon at Vibes Lounge on September 20, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Ben Rose/Getty Images for MP3Waxx.com) SHREVEPORT, La. - A Louisiana jury has acquitted rapper Hurricane Chris, known for the hit "A Bay Bay," in the 2020 death of a man shot several times at a gas station in Shreveport.The panel late Tuesday found the 34-year-old artist, whose real name is Christopher Dooley, not guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of Danzeria Farris Jr., 32, and illegal possession of stolen things, news outlets reported.A Caddo Parish Grand Jury indicted Dooley in October 2020 in connection with the June 19, 2020 slaying of Farris who was shot several times at a Texaco station.
He was pronounced dead at an area hospital.Dooley had been on trial in state district court for more than a week before Tuesday's verdict.
Prosecutors called several witnesses, while the defense presented two, including Dooley.READ MORE: Louisiana officer arrested for deadly shooting of unarmed Black man, police say"I wanna thank God, my attorneys at the Washington & Wells Law Firm, and my family for standing with me as my life was on the line," Dooley told The Shade Room. "They wanted to give me life if I was found guilty.
Now I can hug my son and think about raising him to be a man. This situation drained me and affected my health greatly. God I give u all the glory.