Lloyd Avery II

Lloyd Avery Jr.
Born	Lloyd F. Avery, Jr. June 21, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	September 4, 2005(2005-09-04) (aged 36) Crescent City, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–2005

Lloyd Avery II (June 21, 1969 – September 4, 2005) was an American actor. He was best known for his character in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991), as the triggerman who murdered high school football star Ricky Baker and was later killed in retaliation.

Early life and career

Born in Los Angeles, California, Avery grew up in View Park where he attended Beverly Hills High School.

Shortly after his film debut in Boyz n the Hood, he landed a short stint on the hit television series Doogie Howser, M.D.. Singleton would cast Avery once again in his next film, Poetic Justice. He went on to appear in another role in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Avery emerged back on the scene in 2000 starring as Nate in the critically acclaimed 2000 film Lockdown and as G-Ride in the 2001 independent film Shot.

Arrest and death

In 2005, soon after wrapping Shot,^[1] Avery was arrested for a double homicide and sentenced to life in prison. On the evening of September 4, 2005, Avery was killed in his cell in Pelican Bay State Prison. He was struck on the head and strangled by Kevin Roby, his Satan-worshiping cellmate. Despite 11 inmate counts overall, including standing counts, Lloyd's body was not discovered until Roby laid his corpse on a pentagram he had drawn on the cell floor with blood from Lloyd's lifeless body and performed a satanic ritual over it on September 6.^[2]

Filmography

• Boyz n the Hood (1991)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
• The Breaks (1999)
• Lockdown (2000)
• Shot (2001)

References

External links

• Lloyd Avery II on IMDb
• Lloyd Avery II At Find A Grave