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A Miami Gardens restaurant where French Montana was reportedly filming a music video on Thursday night turned into the scene of a shooting. Several people—WSVN says the number is 10, though an official count hasn’t been shared—were injured at an establishment called The Licking. “Rapper Ced Mogul told NBC 6 he was at the video shoot behind a […]
Waka Flocka Flame says his near-death experience turned out to be a huge blessing. During an interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast, the 36-year-old reflected on his shooting in Fulton County, Georgia over a decade ago. The incident reportedly went down in the afternoon of Jan. 19, 2010 at the Bubble Bath Car Wash in Atlanta, where Waka—born Juaquin Malphurs—was […]
Avatar: Way of the Water director and co-writer James Cameron has revealed he cut ten minutes of gun violence from the belated science fiction sequel. In an interview with Esquire Middle East, the beloved filmmaker said that he didn’t want to “fetishize” gun violence by heavily featuring it. “I actually cut about 10 minutes of the movie targeting […]
The man charged in the killing of Takeoff has been granted $5,000 by a judge to hire a private investigator to aid his defense, per NBC News. 33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark, who was arrested earlier this month and charged with the murder of the Migos rapper, filed a motion this week asking for funds to […]
As many as 14 people, including three children, were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Monday night. The Chicago Tribune reports the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m., when a person opened fire from an SUV into a crowd of people who were standing on the corner of South California Avenue and West […]
Public Enemy legend Chuck D is addressing gun violence following the tragic death of Takeoff, who was gunned down Tuesday morning in Houston. In a conversation with TMZ, Chuck D spoke about his generation’s ability to focus its attention on reminding people that the “music and art form is beautiful,” which he suggested his predecessors have […]
Two police officers were shot on Tuesday afternoon while serving a warrant in Newark, New Jersey. The New York Times reports the shooting took place around 2 p.m. An unknown opened fire from a nearby rooftop, striking one cop in the neck, and the other in the leg. Both police officers were transported to a local hospital, where […]
Six people were injured early Sunday morning after a shooting took place outside a Philadelphia nightclub. NBC News reports gunfire erupted around 3:30 a.m. outside Trilogy Nightclub in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood. Four women and two men, all of which are between the ages of 26 and 36, were shot and transported to local hospitals. Of the […]
A former Philadelphia sheriff’s deputy is facing federal gun trafficking charges after he allegedly sold weapons to an FBI informant. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Samir Ahmad, a four-year veteran, was arrested and charged with firearms trafficking and selling firearms to a person unlawfully in the United States. Ahmad, 29, is accused of selling two handguns to a confidential […]
A Texas man has been charged with murder after fatally shooting a friend following a pick-up basketball game. NBC News reports Cameron Hogg, 31, was arrested and charged Thursday for the murder of 21-year-old Asia Womack, who was killed Oct. 3 after she’d beaten Hogg in a basketball game at a Dallas park. According to […]
