TAMPA, Fla. — Jury selection will begin in Hillsborough County court Monday for the first trial related to the 2024 murder of Jacksonville rapper Charles Jones, also known as Foolio.

Alicia Andrews is the first of five suspects to stand trial in the case. She is accused of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in Jones’s death.

Jones was killed when he was ambushed and gunned down at a Tampa Holiday Inn. He was a well-known, prominent member of the Jacksonville gang 6Block. Several of the defendants are documented members or “associates” of rival gangs often linked to each other, ATK and 1200. State attorneys have called the ambush a premeditated murder stemming from an “ongoing gang war.”

The case has drawn particular attention because police have introduced rap songs as evidence in prior hearings. In a May hearing for another suspect, Davion Murphy, police played multiple songs by prolific Jacksonville rapper Yungeen Ace — a documented member of ATK who appeared to claim responsibility for Jones’s death in his music. Ace and his music have been used to show the defendants’ alleged gang ties, though he has not been charged in this crime.

Andrews is the only defendant the state has not documented as a gang member, and therefore she does not face the possibility of a gang enhancement to her charges.

The Tampa Police Department says Andrews assisted Isaiah Chance Jr. in tracking and following Jones and his entourage to two separate locations the night of the shooting. She was not described in police reports or prior statements as firing any weapons, however.

While Chance and Andrews are accused of aiding in stalking Jones and tracking him down, the remaining three suspects are accused of acting as the shooters.

Andrews was arrested in Jacksonville along with Chance when police served a search warrant at a residence on Captiva Bluff Road North. Police issued instructions to exit the home for 15–20 minutes before Chance and Andrews surrendered, according to records.

Andrews’ attorneys had planned to argue that she was suffering from domestic abuse at the hands of Chance. However, a judge ruled that Andrews’ attorneys cannot introduce this evidence; in capital murder cases in Florida, defendants cannot argue they committed the crime under duress.

A judge had also previously ruled that the state may introduce evidence related to past gang murders to make its case against the Foolio suspects.