'Growing Up Hip Hop' star's ex-boyfriend shot and killed in Atlanta

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The ex-boyfriend and father of the son of "Growing Up Hip Hop" star Angela Simmons has been killed in Atlanta, authorities said.

Officials tell FOX 5 Atlanta that they were called to a home on the 600 block of Jewel Drive around 4:48 p.m. Saturday in response to shots being fired.

Police said in a statement that they discovered man was shot several times after an argument in the house.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 37-year-old Sutton Tennyson.

Simmons posted on Instagram a picture of Tennyson holding their son and thanked him for her greatest gift, adding "I'm hurting. I'm numb."

Simmons is the daughter of rap legend Joseph Simmons, better known as Rev. Run, and the niece of record producer Russell Simmons.

Police say the man who shot Tennyson sped away and no arrests have been made.

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