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Florida Rapper Rollie Bands Shot, Killed After Inviting Opps To “Pull Up” On Instagram

<p>Florida rapper <strong>Rollie Bands<&sol;strong> was shot and killed on Saturday after posting an Instagram story where he invited anyone who wanted &&num;8220&semi;smoke&&num;8221&semi; to &&num;8220&semi;pull up&&num;8221&semi; to his Tampa home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities say he was murdered within minutes of posting the invitation on social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office responded to the call&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox13news&period;com&sol;news&sol;hcso-man-shot-and-killed-outside-tampa-apartment-complex" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">FOX 13<&sol;a> reports&semi; however the rapper was transported to a nearby hospital before authorities reached the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Late Rapper Invited Opps To Pull Up&colon; They &&num;8220&semi;Know Where I Live&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>He was pronounced dead from a single gunshot wound shortly after that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If a n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; want smoke&comma; pull up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the &&num;8220&semi;Struggle&&num;8221&semi; artist wrote in his Story yesterday&period; &&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A lot of these n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; &lbrack;know&rsqb; where I live at fr&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he began writing on his Story&period; &&num;8220&semi;I sleep in peace&period; If a n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; want smoke&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m at my crib in five &lbrack;minutes&rsqb;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1550986074566103040" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to reports&comma; the shooter had already left the apartment complex by the time police arrived&period; Authorities say it’s likely he and the suspects knew each other&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not much is known about the late rapper&comma; who boasted only a modest social media following at the time of his death&comma; although Instagram posts show he leaves behind a young daughter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;He Signed His Own Death Certificate&&num;8221&semi; Social Media Reacts To Senseless Death Of Rapper<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Many on social media criticized Bands for essentially inviting his own murder&comma; calling out the senselessness of his death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Rest in paradise to Rollie Bands&period; So sad and senseless&period; He should still be alive&comma;&&num;8221&semi; one tweet read&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;N&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s will be late for work&comma; a job interview or picking up their own child&period; But for smoke&comma; you say 5 mins&comma; oops pulling up in 5 mins flat to drill&comma;&&num;8221&semi; another person tweeted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"4FLUrq5fpbg" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;RIP Rollie Bands for being an idiot n getting himself killed&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a third commenter wrote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Rip to rollie bands BUT YO A&ast;&ast; THOUGHT YO OPPS WAS PLAYING HUH … 💀😭😭 now let this be a lesson to y’all rappers who thing you the s&ast;&ast;&ast;&&num;8221&semi; a commenter posted to Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The tongue is real powerful … he signed his own death certificate smh so sad&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No arrests have been made as of Monday&comma; and authorities say an investigation into the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s death is ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"94334" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;florida-rapper-rollie-bands-shot-after-inviting-opps-to-pull-up-on-instagram&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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