{"id":344782,"date":"2011-03-28T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/dj-megatron-shot-killed-in-staten-island\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:02:20","slug":"dj-megatron-shot-killed-in-staten-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/dj-megatron-shot-killed-in-staten-island\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Megatron Shot, Killed in Staten Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboombox.com\/2011\/03\/27\/dj-megatron-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nTheboombox<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n Radio and TV personality DJ Megatron was killed early Sunday morning (March 27), after an unidentified gunman shot him on the streets of Staten Island, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>Megatron, born Corey McGriff, was gunned down in the Clifton area of Staten Island. He was pronounced dead on the scene a short time after 2AM, according to the New York Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>McGriff &#8212; a former jock on WQHT Hot 97 in New York City and a mixer who made his mark on BET&#8217;s &#8216;106 &#038; Park&#8217; &#8212; was not known to have enemies. His death comes as a shock to those who were his friends. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody is shocked,&#8221; revealed a close friend who asked not be identified. &#8220;He just had a new baby. He wasn&#8217;t feuding with anybody. Everybody liked him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_839-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201103\/148525.php\" title=\"DJ Megatron Shot, Killed in Staten Island\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Megatron Shot, Killed in Staten Island<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Theboombox : \u00a0\u00a0 Radio and TV personality DJ Megatron was killed early Sunday morning (March 27), after an unidentified gunman shot him on the streets of Staten Island, N.Y. 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