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Rising Bronx Drill Artist Suave Drilly Sh@t & K#lled Outside Parole Office

A rising drill rapper from the Norwood/Bedford Park area was k*lled Wednesday afternoon in Mott Haven, Bronx, authorities confirmed ? The artist, known as Suave Drilly, was sh#t while leaving a parole office and later died at the hospital.

Suave Drilly’s real name was John Martinez. According to the report from Norwood News, he was attacked near Alexander Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard on October 15. (Suave Drilly, drill rap artist from Norwood area, sht ded in the South Bronx.)

As police and parole officers rushed to his aid, Martinez was struck multiple times in the torso. He was transported to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. (Upon arrival, officers observed a 27-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso… EMS responded … and transported the victim … where he was pronounced deceased.)

Witnesses recalled chaos at the scene. One said, “People were getting close, and they were like back up back up with their guns out.” The report also states that at least three ski-masked assailants fled eastbound on East 132nd Street after the sh*oting.

Martinez was 27 years old. Before his death, he had been involved in legal battles: in 2022, he was among 20 people indicted by the Bronx District Attorney’s office for alleged roles in various sh*otings across the borough. He had also served time after being convicted of first-degree attempted gang *ssault and was paroled in January 2024.