DJ TRAGEDY
Khaled fiancée’s bro gunned down in Bronx
THE BROTHER of the woman who plans to marry hip-hop star DJ Khaled was shot to death in a Bronx apartment, the Daily News has learned.
Jonathan Tuck — the younger sibling of Nicole Tuck, the “All I Do Is Win” artist’s fiancée — was trying to buy marijuana when someone shot him in the face about 9:15 p.m. Sunday in a Belmont apartment less than a halfmile from his home, cops said.
Tuck, 25, died at St. Barnabas Hospital.
Cops believe Tuck, who was shot in a second-floor apartment on Washington Ave. near E. 185th St., argued with his attacker before the shooting, but it’s not clear if that quarrel stemmed from the alleged pot deal.
“He’s a good guy,” said pal Brandon Davis, 30, who said he had known Tuck for seven years.
“He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. There was no reason for him to be there.”
Davis said he first met Tuck in 2011 when Tuck played defensive end for the Bronx Colts, a youth football team. They had remained friends ever since.
The two were supposed to watch the Super Bowl together Sunday night, but Tuck never showed, Davis said.
At 4 a.m. Monday, Tuck’s girlfriend called him with the tragic news.
“All I can think about is, I’m sitting here celebrating football and my friend is across town dying,” Davis said.
Tuck and his sister were close, Davis said, though he wouldn’t comment on how Nicole Tuck or DJ Khaled were coping with the tragedy.
DJ Khaled was in Minneapolis for the Super Bowl when Tuck was killed, according to social media posts.
Police sources said Nicole Tuck and her mother rushed to the Bronx after learning of the shooting.
Nicole Tuck did not return messages seeking comment, and a representative for Khaled declined comment Tuesday.
Family friends crowded Tuck’s apartment Monday night to mourn his death.
“He was a good man. He leaves a daughter . . . . He was working overnight stock in New Jersey,” said one family friend, who wouldn’t give his name. “We’re hurting. We’re grieving. We’re devastated.”
Police took a 34-year-old man into custody for questioning Sunday. As of Tuesday night, no one had been charged with Tuck’s murder.
Davis, the godfather of Tuck’s 1-year-old daughter, said his family deserves to know what happened in the Bronx apartment.
“He was my friend. I loved that guy. I’ve argued with him, I’ve bled with him. We’ve talked, prayed and cried. The good and bad, that’s my family,” Davis said.
“I just want to know what this was about. His mother deserves that. His father, his sister, his daughter deserves that. I hope they find the answer.”