Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison Over 2020 Shooting
Written by SOURCE on April 20, 2022
Pooh Shiesty will spend the next several years behind bars, according to Variety.
On Wednesday, the 22-year-old rapper—born Lontrell Williams Jr.—received a 63-month prison sentenced in his federal firearms case. The decision was announced in a Miami courtroom on Wednesday, more than three months after Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to a firearms conspiracy charge stemming from an alleged armed robbery at a Florida hotel. The rapper was accused of shooting 28-year-old Brandon Cooper in October 2020, when he allegedly met up with the victim to purchase sneakers and weed.
Prosecutors said the transaction took a drastic turn, with Pooh Shiesty allegedly shooting Cooper in the buttocks. Though Cooper survived the incident, Pooh Shiesty was ultimately charged with four counts related to the shooting; but under the 2022 plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop three of the original counts, including one that carried a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Complex has reached out to Pooh Shiesty’s attorney, Brad Cohen, and his label rep for comment.
This story is being updated.
