Notorious drug kingpin, Rayful Edmond III, who was revealed to have brought cocaine into Washington D.C., has reportedly died on Tuesday, December 17, at 60 years old. An official cause of death has not been revealed.

As confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to NBC 4 Washington, Edmond spent 35 years in prison and in July, was transferred to a halfway house after being released from jail. The D.C. native was found guilty of operating a local cocaine ring in 1990 and sentenced to life in prison, ultimately being recognized as bringing the crack epidemic to the District, later dubbed as the nation’s “murder capital.”

Edmond reportedly ran a 150-person fraudulent business, moving 1,700 pounds of cocaine monthly, earning $300 million annually, and being liable for at least 30 murders. This oversight of a criminal empire gave Edmond the title of D.C.’s “King of Cocaine,” but in 1994, he became an FBI informant after being caught drug dealing from prison, which, years after the bust, allowed his sentence to be reduced to 20 years. Edmond spent 17 years working with the legal authorities after his arrest, aiding in the prosecution of more than 100 drug dealers.

On X, formerly Twitter, Edmond’s attorney, Justin Moore, expressed being shocked about the new of his late client’s death. “Just got the soul crushing news that my client Rayful Edmond just passed away unexpectedly at the age of 60. I just talked to him yesterday. I am absolutely floored by this news,” Moore wrote.