Four suspects arrested in connection with murder of US-based Ghanaian rapper

Four persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of US-based Ghanaian rapper, Nana Yaw Opoku, alias Junior US.

The 33-year-old was shot in the chest on April 18 at his apartment in Southwest Philadelphia, USA, and died at the scene.

According to abc.com, three of the suspects were arrested in May and June, while the fourth suspect was arrested on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.

The suspects are 16-year-old Christina P. Zogar, 20-year-old Tejan Sherif,

21-year-old Abdoulaye Doucoure and 22-year-old Alfred D. Bargor.

They have been charged with murder, robbery, criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime and related offenses.

Tejan Sherif and Christina Zogar

They four were arrested after the release of a surveillance video showing three women inside the victim’s apartment gathered around a table eating. 

"At some point while the females are there, there's a knock at the door. One of the females opens the door and she's accompanied by the victim who resides in that apartment," said Capt. Sekou Kinebrew of the Philadelphia Police Department.

As the victim comes to the door with one of the women, two men dressed in black hoodies enter the apartment and fire shots.

Alfred Bargor and Abdoulaye Doucoure

"The video is rather graphic. It's clear enough where if you know these individuals or encountered them in the past you would recognize them," said Kinebrew.

Outside the apartment, another camera shows a gray Chevrolet Malibu pulling into the parking lot before the shooting.

After the shooting, police say you can see the two male suspects and the three females all run to that car and leave.

"The video will go on to show... the females enter the vehicle of the people that committed the shooting. For that reason we are classifying them as suspects as well," said Kinebrew.

There has been no word on a motive. Detectives do not believe anything was taken from the apartment.