Rae Sremmurd’s Stepfather Murdered, Duo’s Younger Brother in Custody as Person of Interest
by Site Manager
Tragedy has reportedly struck the family of Rae Sremmurd.
On Tuesday (Jan. 7), TMZ reported that Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi’s stepfather, 62-year-old Floyd Sullivan, had been shot dead late Monday evening. According to the report, their 19-year-old stepbrother Michael Brown is being held for psychiatric evaluation as a person of interest in the shooting.
Sullivan reportedly helped raise Swae and Jxmmi since middle school and was living in their hometown of Tupelo, Miss. with their mother, Bernadette. Sullivan and Bernadette also shared a son of their own, Floyd Jr.
According to the report, the Tupelo Police Department says that Sullivan died on the scene from “at least a couple” of gunshot wounds. The Tupelo Police Department has also reportedly said that no one other than Brown is being sought in connection with the killing. The SremmLife 3 artists have yet to address this incident.