Darius Guillebeaux Death – Rapper Remy Ma’s 23-year-old son has been charged in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting of a man in Queens, according to the NYPD on Wednesday.
Darius Guillebeaux Death
Jayson Scott, along with Richard Swygert, 22, was arrested on first-degree murder charges Tuesday night, three years after 43-year-old Darius Guillebeaux was killed in a broad daylight attack.
Guillebeaux was shot in the head and chest at the intersection of 148th Street and Rockaway Boulevard in Springfield Gardens on June 7, 2021. Police are still investigating the motive for the killing, sources said.
Jayson Scott Arrested
Initially, police had suggested a dispute might have led to the shooting. Eight months before his death, Guillebeaux had been indicted by New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of a large-scale drug trafficking investigation called “Operation Heat Wave,” which charged 54 individuals with distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in Jefferson County, upstate New York.
Richard Swygert Arrested
It remains unclear if Scott or Swygert had any prior connection to Guillebeaux. Both men face additional charges of criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment, police said.
Scott’s mother, Reminisce Smith, is a Grammy-nominated artist who began her career with Fat Joe’s group, Terror Squad, in the 1990s. The 44-year-old Bronx native, who has a history of violent arrests, served six years in prison for the near-fatal shooting of a friend outside a Manhattan nightclub in 2007.
Scott has been in custody since May 9 on a separate gun charge, held on $500,000 bail. He is expected to be arraigned on the murder charge in Queen’s court next week.