RAPPER JUVENILE: DAUGHTER KILLED BY HER BROTHER, ANTHONY TERRELL

Juvenile is photographed in the Atlantic Records artist's lounge in New York in this Dec. 16, 2005 file photo. Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr., 17, was charged Friday Feb. 29, 2008 with fatally shooting his mother and her two little girls, one of whom was the 4-year-old daughter of rap star Juvenile.

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Gwinnett County law enforcement officers work an investigation, Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, outside the house of a Gwinnett County sheriff's deputy after the deputy and her two young daughters were found dead overnight in their home in Lawrenceville, Ga.

In this photo taken Feb. 29, 2008, by the Gwinnett County Detention Center, Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr. is shown. Terrell, 17, was arrested Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 and charged with killing his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.

Rapper 'Shocked' by Daughter's Killing
By JONATHAN LANDRUM – 1 day ago

ATLANTA (AP) — The rap star Juvenile is "shocked and devastated" by the shooting death of his young daughter, the girl's mother and another child, his manager said Saturday.

The 32-year-old rapper is still trying to cope with the death of 4-year-old Jelani; her mother, 39-year-old Joy Deleston; and the woman's daughter Micaiah, 11, whose bodies were found Thursday night in their home, said manager Aubrey Francis.

"It really shocked him and devastated him to the point where I've never seen him before," Francis said. "Right now he is relaxing and trying to grasp everything of what has happened."

Meanwhile, 17-year-old Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr. is being held in the DeKalb County jail, charged in the deaths of his mother — a Gwinnett County sheriff's deputy — and siblings at the home near Lawrenceville, outside Atlanta. He was arrested Friday.

Deleston brought a paternity lawsuit in 2004, claiming that Juvenile, whose real name is Terius Gray, was Jelani's father, Gwinnett County court records show. Both parties later agreed Juvenile was the father.

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Because of his age, prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty against Terrell. A preliminary hearing will be set next week in Gwinnett County Superior Court, prosecutor Danny Porter said.

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