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Death Warrant Signed For Philly Rapper Cool C

By Tank617

Posted on 11/22/2014

(Gossip-Grind News) Death Warrant Signed For Philly Rapper Cool C:

Pennsylvania’s Gov. Corbett signed a death warrant for Philadelphia rap veteran Christopher Roney on Friday. Roney, better known by his stage name, Cool C, was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird in a 1996 bank robbery.

Two other men – rapper Warren “Steady B” McGlone, and Ernest Mark Canty, were also convicted of second-degree murder for their part in the robbery. Vaird, 43 at the time of her death, a popular nine-year police veteran and a mother of two, was the first Philadelphia policewoman gunned down in the line of duty.

Christopher Roney’s execution date was set for Jan. 8 – almost exactly 19 years to the day since Vaird was shot while responding to a robbery at a PNC Bank in Feltonville.

The death warrant is Corbett’s 41st signed since he assumed office. The governor also signed warrants for two other men, according to a statement from his office.

Roney, 44, was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery in the early morning holdup of the PNC Bank at 4710 Rising Sun Ave. on Jan. 2, 1996. Vaird, a nine-year veteran of the force and a single mother of two sons, was the first officer on the scene. The 43-year-old officer was fatally shot once in the abdomen as she walked into the bank.

Eyewitness statements and identifications led to Roney’s arrest and subsequent charges, according to a statement from the governor’s office. Two other men were convicted of second-degree murder in the case.

Roney – a Philadelphia man who before his arrest was a fairly well-known local rapper known as “Cool C” – has maintained he’s innocent. (Philly)