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A man has been brought before a judge in the shooting death of Rihanna‘s cousin, Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne.

According to BarbadosToday.com, a man named Shawayne Dashawn Williams has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the December 26 incident.

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Williams, 23, was set to appear in court today for his arraignment, but there is no word yet on what happened during the proceedings.

Alleyne was gunned down around 7 p.m. on the day after Christmas while walking through a track near his home. The gunman shot him several times before running away. Although Alleyne was rushed to an area hospital, he later died.

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Since Alleyne’s death, Rihanna has been urgently been calling for an end of gun violence in Barbados.

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Suspect Arrested And Charged For The Murder of Rihanna’s Cousin  was originally published on hellobeautiful.com