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Man Is Found Guilty in Killing of Rapper PnB Rock

Headline from New York Times, on the newest of 2 developments

Prosecutors said that the man, Freddie Lee Trone, sent his teenage son into a restaurant armed with a handgun to rob the rapper.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. PnB Rock murder trial: Jury finds man guilty of sending 17-year-old son to rob, kill rapper

    Headline from FOX 29 Philadelphia ·

  2. Newest

    Man Is Found Guilty in Killing of Rapper PnB Rock

    Headline from New York Times ·

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26 articles, oldest first.

  1. Foxla

    PnB Rock murder trial: Man denies ordering teen son to kill rapper at South LA restaurant (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Freddie Trone, 42, vehemently denied in court sending his 17-year-old son into a South Los Angeles restaurant to rob and kill hip-hop star PnB Rock.

  2. New York Post

    Prosecutors alleged father-son murder plot in killing of Philadelphia hip-hop star PnB Rock (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The two sides at the murder trial in the killing of Philadelphia hip-hop star PnB Rock agree that a 17-year-old boy walked into Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant in South Los Angeles, shot the rapper twice in the back and once in the chest.

  3. Local News 8

    Did a father tell his teenage son to kill rapper PnB Rock? Jurors to hear closing arguments at trial (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    AP Entertainment Writer COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Jurors are set to hear closing arguments Monday on whether a 17-year-old boy was acting on the orders of his father when he killed rapper PnB Rock in a Los Angeles restaurant in 2022.

  4. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Did a father tell his teen son to kill Philly rapper PnB Rock? Jurors to hear closing arguments (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    Prosecutors will argue that Freddie Trone sent his teenage son into the restaurant with a gun and with orders to rob PnB Rock.

  5. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Jury finds man guilty of sending 17-year-old son to rob and kill Philly rapper PnB Rock (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    A Los Angeles County jury has found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock.

  6. Local News 8

    Jury finds man guilty of sending 17-year-old son to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    AP Entertainment Writer COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles County jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock. After deliberating for about four hours, jurors convicted Freddie Trone, 42, of one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of…

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Two guilty in murder of PnB Rock, who was gunned down at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Tremont Jones and Freddie Lee Trone were found guilty Wednesday of two counts each of murder and robbery and one count each of conspiracy in the shooting death of the rapper, whose legal name was Rakim Allen.

  8. NBC News

    Man found guilty of sending son to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    A Los Angeles County jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock.

  9. Philadelphia Inquirer

    The gunman who killed Philly rapper PnB Rock isn’t competent to stand trial, but his father is being charged with murder (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Prosecutors say Freddie Trone instructed his son to rob the Philadelphia rapper in a Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, which led to PnB Rock's murder.

  10. Newsweek

    PnB Rock murder trial: Man found guilty of sending teen son to kill rapper (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    In the murder trial of rapper PnB Rock, a jury found a Los Angeles man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to commit the crime.

  11. Foxla

    PnB murder trial: LA man found guilty in rapper's killing (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Freddie Lee Trone was found guilty in Compton Superior Court of one count each of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery, along with two counts of second-degree robbery involving the 30-year-old rapper and his fiancé.

  12. New York Times

    Man Is Found Guilty in Killing of Rapper PnB Rock (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Prosecutors said that the man, Freddie Lee Trone, sent his teenage son into a restaurant armed with a handgun to rob the rapper.

  13. Deadline

    Man Who Murdered Rapper PnB Rock At Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles Found Guilty (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    The jury deliberated less than four hours.

  14. PhillyVoice

    Man found guilty of sending his teen son to rob, kill Philly rapper PnB Rock (opens PhillyVoice)

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    PhillyVoice's feed description

    Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock was killed in an armed robbery inside the Los Angeles restaurant Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles on Sept. 12, 2022. Freddie Trone, whom prosecutors said directed his son to rob the musician, was found guilty of murder Wednesday.

  15. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    PnB Rock murder trial: Jury finds man guilty of sending 17-year-old son to rob, kill rapper (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    A Los Angeles County jury has found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock.

  16. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Jury finds man guilty of sending 17-year-old son to rob, kill rapper PnB Rock at South LA restaurant (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    A jury found Freddie Trone guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock at a Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles in South Los Angeles.

  17. Kokomo Tribune

    Man accused of sending his 17-year-old son to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock convicted of murder (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    A Los Angeles County jury has found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock. The jurors convicted 42-year-old Freddie Trone of one count of

  18. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Los Angeles man convicted of murder in death of Philly rapper PnB Rock (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Freddie Trone was convicted of murder for instructing his son to rob the Philadelphia rapper in a Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, which led to PnB Rock's murder.

  19. Fox News

    California man found guilty of sending teen son to rob, kill rapper PnB Rock in Los Angeles (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A man was found guilty by California jurors this week of sending his teen son to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock at a Los Angeles restaurant.

  20. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Jury finds man guilty of sending 17-year-old son to rob, kill Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    A California jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of [sending his 17-year-old son to kill Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock in South Los Angeles.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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