{"id":958990,"date":"2026-07-25T20:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/958990\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T20:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:19:18","slug":"21-savages-14-year-old-nephew-kills-himself-after-accidentally-shooting-younger-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/958990\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Savage’s 14-year-old ‘nephew’ kills himself after accidentally shooting younger sister"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Georgia teenager who was \u201clike a nephew\u201d to Grammy-winning rapper 21 Savage reportedly shot his little sister by accident before taking his own life, according to local news station 11Alive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seven Shirley, 14, died by suicide after allegedly shooting his 12-year-old sister, Lyric, in the neck Wednesday afternoon in a heartbreaking accident at a home in Stockbridge, southeast of Atlanta, grieving relatives told the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust that fast that boy had made the decision to kill himself,\u201d Seven\u2019s grandmother, Sharon Smith, told the news outlet through tears. <\/p>\n

Seven Shirley and sister Lyric\u2019s family are devastated at the horrific tragedy. 11 Alive<\/p>\n

\u201cHe probably sat up there and thought, \u2018I\u2019m finna go to jail, they\u2019re going to ridicule me, everybody is going to be doing this and that and this \u2026 and he couldn\u2019t take it.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith, who said she raised Seven from when he was 11 months old, described him as a loving grandson who doted on her every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere wasn\u2019t nothing in this world he wouldn\u2019t do for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The family has no idea what the teen was doing with the gun, Smith told the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know. We don\u2019t know,\u201d she said. \u201cSomething needs to be done about that person who sold that gun because if he would have never bought that gun, this would have never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharon Smith, the teens\u2019 grandmother, is devastated by the double tragedy and is calling for stricter gun control. 11 Alive<\/p>\n

Rapper 21 Savage has been described as an uncle to the young boy. UrbanxDivinity \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Lyric reportedly remains hospitalized after undergoing three surgeries to her neck and vocal cords.<\/p>\n

21 Savage, who the outlet said is described as an uncle to the teen, posted an image to his Instagram Stories with the caption \u201cRemember when you was a baby,\u201d with broken heart emojis. <\/p>\n

The image shows a young boy wearing a 21 chain. <\/p>\n

The rapper posted a sweet photo on his Instagram Stories. 21savage\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we prepare for the homegoing celebration for my beloved nephew, Seven, I respectfully ask everyone to please honor our family\u2019s privacy during this incredibly difficult time,\u201d the family said in a statement sent to 11Alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease continue to keep my niece, Lyric, in your prayers. She is fighting for her life, and we are believing God for her healing, strength, and complete recovery,\u201d the statement continued. <\/p>\n

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The devastating loss comes just weeks after the family was rocked by another heartbreaking tragedy.<\/p>\n

Seven\u2019s cousin, 13-year-old DeMarcus Shirley, was killed in a drive-by shooting while spending the night with friends in DeKalb County, Smith told the outlet.<\/p>\n

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to\u00a0SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Georgia teenager who was \u201clike a nephew\u201d to Grammy-winning rapper 21 Savage reportedly shot his little sister…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":958991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[105226,5229,5356,245,4446,4353,42423,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5342,3677,1197,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-958990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-21-savage","tag-america","tag-atlanta","tag-children","tag-death","tag-georgia","tag-guns","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-rappers","tag-shootings","tag-suicide","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116982472265663054","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}