Carlos Banks, known as KashBankx, was fatally shot in an apartment in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. Police are actively investigating the incident.
Published: Jan. 02, 2025, 1:09 p.m. Carlos Banks, a Cleveland rapper who went by KashBankx, was killed Sunday in an apartment in Slavic Village . Police are investigating. CLEVELAND , Ohio – Police continue to investigate what led to the fatal shooting of Carlos Banks, a Cleveland rapper who went by the name of KashBankx. At about 3:45 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to an apartment complex at 5115 Broadway Ave. in Slavic Village after someone reported gunshots.
When police arrived, they discovered Banks, 28, on the ground in a third-floor apartment with “numerous gunshot wounds to the head, chest, and right abdomen,” according to an incident report from the Cleveland Division of Police.Many details about the shooting remain unclear. Banks was shot at an apartment different from where he lived. Police have yet to say whether any arrests have been made or whether suspects have been connected to the case, and no new details from the Cuyahoga County medical examiner’s office have been released. Banks was an up-and-coming rapper who was set to release a new song, “Bad” on New Year’s Day, according to an earlier post on his Instagram account. A music video for the song, shot in Cleveland and features the city’s skyline. It racked up more than 108,000 views on the website.A local journalist, King, who interviewed Banks several times previously, said he was expecting to do his first in-person interview with Banks after interviewing the rapper several times previously, he said. Banks separated himself from other Cleveland rap artists with his polish, business acumen and his unique sound, King said.Luhh Kayy, who collaborated artistically with Banks, told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer that the rapper was “a money-getter” who took care of those around him and encouraged others to keep their heads up when things went wrong.Luhh Kayy and King both said Banks was not only a relentlessly positive person, but he also was a devoted fathe
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