{"id":19039,"date":"2021-07-07T05:24:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T05:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/tiktok-star-swavy-dies-in-fatal-shooting-at-the-age-of-19"},"modified":"2024-07-19T20:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:04:41","slug":"tiktok-star-swavy-dies-in-fatal-shooting-at-the-age-of-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/tiktok\/tiktok-star-swavy-dies-in-fatal-shooting-at-the-age-of-19","title":{"rendered":"TikTok star Swavy dies in fatal shooting at the age of 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matima Miller, a TikTok<\/a> star going by the names Swavy and Babyface.S, has passed away. Swavy was a dancing sensation on TikTok, amassing over 3.2 million followers before his untimely death at the young age of 19. He also had a massive following of well over 600,000 on Instagram. On Monday, 5th July 2021, Swavy was shot and subsequently died in the hospital. Here’s what we know so far.<\/p>\n

Swavy dies in hospital following a shooting<\/h2>\n

Swavy was shot in North Carolina, USA. Specifically, at 700 Block of Elbert Place in the city of Wilmington. The shooting incident occurred on the morning of 5th July.<\/p>\n

According to the Wilmington Police Department’s report<\/a>, the shooting occurred at “10:42 a.m. in the 700 block of Elbert Place.”<\/p>\n

The officers located a 19-year-old male and he was transported to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

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Rest in peace, Swavy (Picture: Swavy Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The news of Swavy’s death was revealed via his friend, YouTuber Damaury “Kid Maury” Mikula, who posted a video to the platform.<\/p>\n

In the video entitled “REST UP BRO”, Damaury Mikula announced: “Y’all might not know, but one of my homeboys named Swavy died…”<\/p>\n

Damaury Mikula teared up and noted how he won’t say Swavy’s real name but confirmed that he was shot. He continued by stating that: “Seeing him [Swavy] getting taken out, it just like…it makes no sense…I literally just texted him on Instagram … right before this happened.”<\/p>\n