DA waives death penalty for men indicted in killings of G$ Lil Ronnie, his child
The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office will not seek the death penalty for the two men accused in the March killings of rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter at a Forest Hill car wash.
With a rifle and handguns, the defendants, Adonis Robinson and Jakobie Russell, opened fire upon 35-year-old Ronnie Sibley outside his car and cornered him near a dumpster, law enforcement authorities have alleged. His little girl, R’mani Sibley, was in the passenger seat.
Robinson, 24, and Russell, 21, are under indictment on capital murder charges.
The district attorney’s office death penalty committee, which reviews capital murder cases that the office determines possibly merit seeking a death sentence, met on the Robinson and Russell case in recent months. District Attorney Phil Sorrells made the final decision.
The office filed its waiver notice on Wednesday.
Four death penalty cases filed by the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office are pending and are scheduled for trial next year.
Defendants found guilty of capital murder in cases in which the state has waived the death penalty and the offense occurred when the defendant was at least 18 years old are sentenced to life in prison without parole eligibility.
Trial dates have not been set for Robinson and Russell, according to court records.
Surveillance video captured the shooting
Robinson and Russell arrived March 3 at the car wash scene in a vehicle they borrowed from Robinson’s girlfriend, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Surveillance camera video from Slappy’s Express Carwash, at 6500 Forest Hill Drive, shows the shooters chased down and cornered Ronnie Sibley as he tried to run, the affidavit states.
The video shows the suspects arrive at the car wash in a white Kia Rio, according to the affidavit. The gunmen park on the south side of the business, get out of the car and walk to the north side, where Sibley was vacuuming the inside of his red Dodge Challenger.
When the suspects rounded the comer of the building, they both immediately started shooting at Ronnie Sibley and his car, according to the affidavit. Sibley ran and was chased by the two gunmen, who continued to fire shots and cornered him near a dumpster, the video shows.
After shooting Ronnie Sibley, the suspects ran back to the Kia and drove away, the affidavit states.
Police officers found Ronnie Sibley lying in the parking lot on the north side of the car wash, and found his daughter shot in the front passenger seat of the Dodge Challenger, according to the affidavit.
It is not clear whether the shooters knew that the girl was in the car. The affidavit does not describe a motive for the killings.
This story was originally published November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM.
