{"id":129769,"date":"2019-06-19T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=129769"},"modified":"2019-06-19T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:47:31","slug":"just-in-l-a-gang-member-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-rapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-in-l-a-gang-member-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-rapper\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Gang Member Sentenced to Life for Killing Rapper"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES — A gang member was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting an up-and-coming rapper known as Kid Cali.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 31, 2018, a jury found Kenny Birdine aka \u201cLil\u2019 Rampage\u201d guilty of one count of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

Deputy District Attorney Amy Murphy of the Hardcore Gang Division said Birdine used a handgun in the killing and he committed the crime in association with a criminal street gang.<\/p>\n

The defendant, a member of the Inglewood Family Bloods, shot Justin Lishey, 30, at close range multiple times, including as he fell to the ground at a mansion party in Granada Hills on Aug. 20, 2016, according to evidence presented at the trial. Birdine believed the victim was a Rollin\u2019 90s gang member. Lishey was not a documented gang member and he did nothing to provoke the murder, the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n