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A Dallas woman is dead after her friend opened fire following a pick-up basketball game. Fox 4 reports Asia Womack was killed Monday evening after playing basketball at T.G. Terry Park. According to her family, Womack won the game, at which point the shooter, who they say knew her, shot her five times as she walked home. Womack suffered […]
Online video shows a crowd fleeing as gunfire erupts outside a high school football game. According to TMZ, the incident took place Friday night in Toledo, Ohio, where Whitmer High School went head-to-head with Central Catholic. Police confirmed three people were wounded in the shooting: a Whitmer student as well as an adult male and adult female. The […]
Authorities are investigating the death of Inglewood rapper Half Ounce. According to FOX LA, the 32-year-old artist—legal name Latauriisha O’Brien—was fatally shot Monday night while walking with a friend in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Police say that the two were traveling near New Hampshire Avenue at 11:30 p.m. when a gunman pulled up in a dark SUV and […]
More details have emerged in the murder case of Jordany Aracena, a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot in NYC earlier this week. A police source confirmed to the New York Daily News that Aracena was an aspiring drill rapper who may have been targeted over his name-dropping lyrics. The anonymous insider said detectives believe the attack was retaliatory, […]
Lil Zay Osama is behind bars. According to legal documents obtained by Complex, the 25-year-old rapper was arrested this week after he allegedly left a machine gun in an Uber car. Prosecutors say Osama and his associates took the ride Thursday in NYC, going from a hotel in Manhattan to a recording studio in Queens. The […]
At least six people have been transported to a nearby hospital after sustaining wounds from a shooting at a school in Oakland, California on Wednesday. According to USA Today, Justin Berton, spokesperson for Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf, confirmed the shooting occurred. CBS News writes it transpired at “facilities shared by Rudsdale Newcomer and Bay Area Technology […]
Hip-hop fans are mourning the reported death of Lotta Cash Desto—a rising Memphis rapper who worked with Lil Uzi Vert. According to FOX 3, Lotta was shot and killed early Saturday near 5500 Richmond Ave. in West Houston. The incident reportedly took place at around 2:30 a.m. local time while Lotta was driving a Porsche SUV with at least one […]
A Georgia man will spend years behind bars for a fatal shooting he claims was in self-defense. According to the Statesboro Herald, 23-year-old William “Marc” Wilson was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of Haley Hutcheson, a white 17-year-old he allegedly shot and killed on June 14, 2020. Authorities say the incident took place shortly before […]
Following the tragic death of PnB Rock, who was robbed and shot last week in South Los Angeles at age 30, Roddy Ricch is calling his city to put an end to “senseless violence.” The Compton rapper took to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday to urge L.A. to “do better.” “LA! Usually I try to mind my business and let the world rotate […]
The body of PnB Rock is reportedly headed home. But it appears the process was far from easy. Days after the rapper was shot and killed in Los Angeles, his brother took to Instagram to address some of the conflict between the family and the medical examiner. “We been having trouble getting my brother back to Philadelphia,” PnB Meen […]
