TAMPA, Fla. — A 22-year-old woman has been convicted of manslaughter for her involvement in the premeditated attack that resulted in the death of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio in Tampa last year. The jury delivered its decision late on Friday night.

During her testimony on Thursday, Alicia Andrews claimed she feared her boyfriend, Isaiah Chance, who prosecutors allege played a key role in organizing the fatal ambush. Andrews maintained she was unaware of any plans to commit murder.

The prosecution contended that Andrews was more than a passive participant during the events of June 2024. They argued she acted as a lookout, aiding her boyfriend and others in monitoring Foolio’s whereabouts on the night he was fatally shot outside a Holiday Inn in Tampa. 

The brutal attack was recorded by several security cameras, capturing the gunfire exchanged during the ambush.

Andrews told jurors before their decision that she thought the group was going to get food, and that she stayed in the car, unaware of what was happening.

“I mean, I heard a lot of shots so I didn’t know what went on — shooting in the air, somebody got shot at, I didn’t know,” Andrews said.

“Did you know somebody died?” the defense attorney asked.

Andrews testified that she never saw a gun that night and said she remains terrified of her boyfriend, who is also charged in the case.

“People [in jail] look at me sideways, ‘Oh, that’s your boyfriend? He said this, he told me to tell you this,’” Andrews testified. “It’s safety issues. Literally before I came to trial, the deputy told me one of my co-defendants was trying to have me jumped. So I just do what I have to do.”

Prosecutors questioned her credibility during the trial, showing jurors a 2021 text message where Andrews wrote that Foolio “needed to die.”

“Yeah but I didn’t mean it, I was 17 and just gossiping,” Andrews testified.

Prosecutors said during the trial that the text revealed a motive, and that Andrews’ lies during her police interrogation show consciousness of guilt. 

Her defense attorneys maintained she was trapped in an abusive relationship and didn’t know anything about a murder plot.

The courtroom grew tense during her testimony, with a shouting match erupting outside as accusations of gang ties flew.

Prosecutors said the killing was a revenge attack connected to an ongoing gang feud between rival Jacksonville groups. A total of five people have been charged in the case — Andrews was the first to stand trial.

Andrews was the final witness to testify during the trial. Being found guilty, she could face life in prison without the possibility of parole.