This story has been updated with statements from The Mizell family and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels.
Mizell wasfatally shotinside a recording studio in Queens by a masked assailant on Oct. 30, 2002.
Run-DMC was founded by Jay, Joseph “Run” Simmons, and Darryl “D.M.C.”
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McDaniels in the early 1980s.
“We appreciate your kind thoughts and words.
We can only hope that this news brings awareness to the fact that Black lives do matter.
We ask that everyone hey respect our family’s privacy as this case moves forward through the judicial system.
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