Posted on 07/25/2026 4:40:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A Georgia teenager who was “like a nephew” to Grammy-winning rapper 21 Savage reportedly shot his little sister by accident before taking his own life, according to local news station 11Alive.
Seven Shirley, 14, died by suicide after allegedly shooting his 12-year-old sister, Lyric, in the neck Wednesday afternoon in a heartbreaking accident at a home in Stockbridge, southeast of Atlanta, grieving relatives told the outlet.
“Just that fast that boy had made the decision to kill himself,” Seven’s grandmother, Sharon Smith, told the news outlet through tears.
“He probably sat up there and thought, ‘I’m finna go to jail, they’re going to ridicule me, everybody is going to be doing this and that and this … and he couldn’t take it.'”
Smith, who said she raised Seven from when he was 11 months old, described him as a loving grandson who doted on her every day.
“There wasn’t nothing in this world he wouldn’t do for me,” she said.
The family has no idea what the teen was doing with the gun, Smith told the outlet.
“We don’t know. We don’t know,” she said. “Something needs to be done about that person who sold that gun because if he would have never bought that gun, this would have never happened.”
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My thoughts, exactly. I thought that killed himself because he was so remorseful for what he had done to his sister. Terrible tragedy all around.
Was sex involved, between Almost Nephew and the Daughter?
Non-Consensual?
Will wait for full investigation.
OR.... We can foster a culture that exposes kids from a young age to firearms and develop a healthy respect for them and know they are not toys or ‘hood’ ornaments to be swung around while making tiktok videos.
Or maybe he felt so guilty that he decided to be judge, jury and executioner. Why did they only posit self-interest reasons? Guilt is a powerful motive when you accidentally kill someone you love.
I bet he knocked her up and this was his remedy for it
That is a distinct possibility.
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People say stupid things when they’re grieving.
“Seven Shirley”?
I just can’t with these people any more. Don’t care, don’t want to know.
There’s a price to pay for fame when one deals with the devil. He always requires a sacrifice.
Per this link...
...a 13 YO cousin was killed during a drive-by shooting earlier this month.
On the above...
After reading the info at the link below, now I’m really wondering, in light of that earlier shooting, if what is being stated is what really took place...
I bet the dead kid was influenced by his dysfunctional family’s focus on rap music. The “family” sounds like a real piece of work.
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