*A friend of slain radio and TV personality DJ Megatron told investigators Monday the two were talking on the phone as the deejay went out to buy marijuana when the line went dead, likely because he’d been shot.
According to the AP, the friend was on the phone with Megatron, whose real name is Corey McGriff, at around 2 a.m. Sunday when the line suddenly went dead, police said. McGriff was later found shot once in the chest. Police said he had been walking to a store near his home on New York’s Staten Island.
Police were looking at whether drugs may have played a role in his death. He had a few previous minor arrests for possession of marijuana, but no serious crimes. Police said Monday they do not believe it was a robbery. No arrests have been made.
His manager, Justin Kirkland, known as J. Smoove, said friends and family had no idea why anyone might have attacked the deejay known for his upbeat attitude.
DJ Megatron worked on BET’s “106 & Park” music countdown series, mainly in a role interacting with its live audience, the Viacom Inc.-owned network said. But he also did some on-camera work for the show and BET’s website, including “What’s Good.”
The network expressed its condolences to his family and friends.
Rising to the on-air ranks after starting as an intern, DJ Megatron began his career at New York’s WKRS-FM, better known as Kiss FM, where deejays remembered him on the air and online Sunday. He also worked at what was then Boston’s Hot 97.7, or WBOT-FM, and at Philadelphia’s The Beat, or WPHI-FM, according to a bio on his MySpace site.
He was a father of three and also devoted time to charitable events on Staten Island, his manager said.
did his friend really have to tell the police he was going out to buy weed?
I’m thinking he revealed this information to assist the police in capturing the murders (who knows maybe it was the weed man who killed him). His number was the last one on the caller I.D. and the police more than likely inquired to what they were talking about. Why not be honest?? The story about him going to the store at that time of night seemed far-fetched to me.
It’s sad that so many people are getting their lives ruined over weed. Like everyday you hear of someone catching a case for possession, and now this man may even have lost his life over this habit.
I’m wondering if its really worth it. No, it’s not a dangerous drug, but until it’s legal, I don’t think it’s a habit that’s worth the trouble.
RIP.
I use it for my cataracs
What a sad story to find out your loved one was murdered cause they went out in the middle of the night to buy drugs – life is so fragile, people……
While I agree with RSMI, I also agree with snicker, they didn’t have to print it but, this stuff sells…after marinating this, I kinda thought SET-UP.
“after marinating this, I kinda thought SET-UP.”
EXACTLY!!!
I read on another site where the police said they didn’t think it was a robbery because he only had a $1 in his pocket & his cell phone still on him….how was he gonna buy weed with a dollar?
The plot thickens…
Maybe they took the rest, when you buy weed you already have the money in hand, cuz diggin in your pockets at 2:00 am looks real shady, you just give ya man a pound and keep moving. Still there is more to the story.