TikTok star Matima Miller dies in shooting in Delaware (2024)

TikTok star Matima Miller, better known as Swavy and Babyface to his 2.6 million followers, has been killed in a daylight shooting in Delaware.

Police were called to a shooting at the 700 block of Elbert Place in the Southbridge neighborhood of Wilmington at about 10:42 am Monday morning.

Miller, 19, was found with a gunshot wound and was rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries.

Police confirmed the social media star was the victim of the shooting Tuesday, which comes as gun crime spikes in Joe Biden's backyard and murders rise 63 percent.

Miller's death marks the 16thfatal shooting in Wilmington so far this year, while there have been 82 shootings overall, reported Delaware Online.This is a rise from 11 fatal shootings and 73 overall by this time last year.

Few details have been released about the events leading up to Monday's shooting with a spokesperson for Delaware Police telling DailyMail.com no further information is available, citing an active investigation.

Candles, flowers and balloons were left in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred Tuesday.

Crime scene tape was seen tied to a metal pole and the front lawns of home, reported Delaware Online.

Blue and white candles were lit outside one of the homes.

A local woman told the local outlet Miller's death was a 'loss for our community,'

'It's sad,' she said.

Millerwent by the TikTok handle Babyface.S where he posted dance videos and meme skits to his millions of followers.

In one recent video he is seen dancing in a shopping mall with two friends and in a house while eating chips from a bag.

The account appeared to have been taken down Tuesday afternoon.

Miller also had 392,000 followers on his Instagram account.

Friends and online followers took to social media to pay tribute to Miller before his identity was confirmed by cops.

Fellow social media star Kid Maury posted an emotionalvideoon YouTube Monday called 'Rest up Bro' where he told the camera 'my home boy Swavy died.'

'He got shot and I just want to let you all know,' he said.

'All he did was make videos - vids, vids, vids, going up, up, up, up.'

He added: 'He's real as hell,real real.'

Maury, who has 626,000 YouTube subscribers, said his friend was 'innocent' and that he had messaged him just before it happened.

'Seeing him get taken out. Don't make me say this, bro. It don't make no sense,' he told the camera as he choked back tears.

'I literally just text him... probably right before it happened.'

Maury broke down in tears at the end of the video and rubbed his eyes with his shirt, as he said 'everyone's gonna know your name.'

'I love you, my n***a. I know you up there looking down and I may look stupid now but I don't care I love you,' he said.

'Dead ass, bro. I know you can't hear in the real world right now but you're up there looking down. But I got you. I'm about to go hard for you, bro...'

'He don't do nothing bro... so f**king dumb...You were so innocent.'

Maury's video had been viewed more than 928,000 times Tuesday.

The deadly shooting comes amid a rise in murders and gun crime in Wilmington - the hometown of President Biden.

Wilmington Police Department data, which only goes up until the week ending June 20 so does not include Miller's death, reveals murders have risen 63 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2020.

A total of 13 have been murdered compared to 8 by this time last year.

Shootings climbed from 49 to 50 year-on-year while the number of shooting victims rose 14 percent from 59 in 2020 to 67 so far this year.

However, juvenile shootings have fallen by more than half from 14 this time last year to six.

Juvenile shooting victims are also down from 14 to 7 this last year.

Overall, crime is down 15 percent this year compared to this time last year.

July 4 marked a bloody weekend for America with 379 shootings and 142 people killed nationwide between July 3 and July 5,according to data from Gun Violence Archive.

Chicago was the worst-hit by gun violence over Independence Day weekend, withat least 92 shootings that left 16 dead.

Anyone with information about Miller's shooting is asked to contact Detective Mackenzie Kirlin at (302) 576-3653 or call Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or delawarecrimestoppers.org