OLD SKOOL RAPPER COOL C TO DIE BY LETHAL INJECTION FOR KILLING COP DURING BOTCHED BANK ROBBERY IN 96'

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Philly rapper Cool C has received a date for his execution. The 44-year-old rapper has been on death row for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer on January 2, 1996.

 

C along with another legendary rapper Steady B, and another local rapper, Mark Canty, attempted a bank robbery that left Lauretha Vaird dead.

On January 6, 1996, around 8:30 in the morning, Christopher Roney and accomplice Mark Canty entered a Philadelphia bank dressed as utility construction workers and forced several employees to open the bank vault at gunpoint.

 

Canty went into the vault with two of the women while Roney held a third at gunpoint. Canty shouted to Roney, "Here comes the heat," and Roney replied, "Don't worry; I'll take care of them."

 

At this time, Police Officer Lauretha Vaird, who was the first officer to respond to the silent alarm, approached the front door of the bank building. As she entered the bank, Roney fatally shot Lauretha in the abdomen and then ran past her through the front door.

 

Meanwhile Canty fled from the bank through a side entrance, leaving his gun behind. Outside the bank, Roney exchanged gunfire with the second officer to arrive on the scene.

 

Escaping the shootout, Roney jumped into a getaway vehicle, a green minivan driven by another accomplice, Warren McGlone, and the vehicle sped away. Later that morning the three men met at McGlone's home to discuss the robbery.  

 

In the meantime, police found the abandoned getaway vehicle and various pieces of the robbers' disguises. They also recovered two weapons lying on the ground outside the bank. One weapon was traced to a relative of Canty, who had discovered the weapon had been stolen. It had last been seen in Canty's possession. The other gun was traced to a friend of McGlone, who had purchased the weapon for McGlone.

 

After being taken in for questioning, Canty and McGlone confessed to participating in the robbery. Roney was sentenced to death and the two accomplices received life sentences.

 

Lauretha was 43 years old and had served for 9 years. She was a single parent raising two sons. A song named "Slipped Away, The Ballad of Lauretha Vaird" was written in honor of the fallen officer.

Vaird represented the first Black female officer killed in the line of duty. Cool C’s date of execution is January 8th.

Gov. Corbett signed the execution warrant on Friday. The rapper, real name Christopher Roney, has always maintained his innocence in the case. He had a hit record in the 80′s called “The Glamorous Life.”