Tommy Lee Sparta’s Illegal Gun Allegedly Linked To Two Murders After Ballistics Testing

The gun seized from Dancehall deejay Tommy Lee Sparta has been linked to at least two murders and three cases of shooting with intent, according to police sources.   The entertainer was sentenced to three years in prison for the illegal weapon on March 24 after he pleaded guilty.

Attorney-at-law Donahue Martin, the lawyer representing Tommy Lee Sparta, has denied his client’s involvement in any “murders or acts of violence”.

“We deny any involvement in any act of violence or murder, or any acts of shooting,” Mr. Martin told DancehallMag today.

DancehallMag understands that the gun seized from Sparta, whose real name is Leroy Russell, has been linked to at least two murders that occurred in the Corporate Area. Bullet fragments and casings recovered from the scene of the murders and shootings were allegedly linked, through ballistic tests, to the illegal firearm seized from Sparta when he was arrested in December 2020.

The firearm has also been connected to three cases of shooting with intent.

Tommy Lee Sparta‘s conviction on the gun charge was his first, but it followed several run-ins with the law over the last six years.

Notably, he was detained without charge for 41 days last year, after he was named a person of interest in investigations into an uptick of violence in sections of the second city, Montego Bay.  The Rich Badness deejay was accused of having influence over the St James-based Downtown Sparta Gang.

He has denied the allegation.

The 33-year-old singer emerged from Vybz Kartel‘s Portmore “Gaza” Empire and is best known for Spartan Soldier, Spartan Angel, Psycho, and Blessings.  The singer has released two music videos since the start of the year, Ghetto Cry, Holding On, as well as an anti-violence collaboration with 15 other Dancehall artists, titled Brighter Days that was three years in the making.

However, many Jamaican fans dismissed the song because Sparta had conceived, and was featured on the track.

In an Instagram post over the weekend promoting the track, Sparta said, “My past will never dictate my future. My spirit will never be broken. My faith will never be lost. Because even throughout my darkest days, I know that BRIGHTER DAYS are ahead.”