Suspect arrested in Cleveland rapper’s murder, officials say

A second suspect sought by police in the shooting death of Cleveland, Ohio, rapper Carlos “Kashbankx” Banks was arrested on Thursday.

Members of the U.S. Marshals’ Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested 27-year-old Steven Smith at a home on the 15900 block of Invermere Avenue, the agency said in a news release on Thursday. He was wanted on a charge of aggravated murder.

Banks was found dead on Dec. 29, 2024, after officers were called to an apartment building on the 5100 block of Broadway Avenue for reports of a shooting, officials said. The 28-year-old had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and upper torso, according to the news release. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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