Texas authorities say a battle between two rival aspiring rappers led to one of the emcee's fatally shooting the other in the head.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Haltom City police released an arrest warrant affidavit on Monday (October 2) stating that Samuel Raynard Jones, 18, shot and killed seventeen year old Christopher Smith last month, after a "rap battle" escalated into a fist fight.

Witnesses told police the two teens met late September 15th for a battle in an open field in Haltom City, a suburb north of Fort Worth.

"They knew each other, and they had an ongoing rap battle," Sgt. Terry Stayer, a spokeswoman for Haltom City police told The Chronicle. "They were involved in these impromptu raps that took place in parking lots, at someone's house. They had ongoing back-and-forth issues, and they didn't like each other."

According to the affidavit, Smith rapped first, and then Jones rapped and pointed a handgun at Smith.

Jones then handed his gun to a bystander and Smith and Jones had a fist fight. When the fight ended, Smith was collecting his personal belongings when Jones shot him in the head, witnesses said.

According to the affidavit, Smith had filed a police report about a week before his death accusing Jones of threatening his life.

Stayer said police pursued the report but didn't find enough evidence to charge Jones.

Smith, a high school junior, had just recorded his second rap album and hoped to be a professional musician, family members said.

Jones was serving eight years probation at the time of the shooting on drug and deadly conduct charges, according to Tarrant County criminal court records. He is currently being held on a murder charge for the shooting.