Rapper Half Ounce shot and killed while on phone with pregnant wife
Another rising rapper has met a violent end. Half Ounce was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Half Ounce, whose real name is Latauriisha O’Brien, was reportedly walking toward New Hampshire Avenue in Koreatown at approximately 11:30 p.m. He was reportedly on the phone with his pregnant wife at the […]
How a DoorDash delivery led to a man being killed
A Conyers man is dead and another is in jail after a confrontation that resulted from a Door Dash delivery being sent to the wrong address. Fernando Soloman was shot and killed on Sept. 8 by Zaire Cortell Watson. According to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Soloman ordered a food delivery with Door Dash to […]
Custody exchange goes wrong; father does this to ex-wife and her boyfriend
A man was accused of shooting and killing the mother of his child along with her boyfriend in Covington, Georgia on Sept. 11. The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said Smith and his ex-wife got into a confrontation during a custody exchange for their 15-year-old daughter, but the daughter did not want to go with the […]
14-year-old boy fatally shot, teenager arrested
On Sept. 6, Clarkston police arrested a 17-year-old boy that they say fatally shot a teenager in the head at a Dekalb County apartment. On the night of Sept. 3, officers were sent to the apartment after reports of someone being shot. When they arrived, they found a 14-year-old boy unconscious outside an apartment building. […]
Lil Tjay gives 1st update since getting shot 7 times
On June 21, Lil Tjay was struck during a double shooting in Edgewater, New Jersey, and had to undergo emergency surgery. The last update many received was later in June when sources close to him said he was making significant progress and was awake and alert. On Aug. 24, Tjay made his first public statement since […]
Member of iconic hip-hop group shot, kidnapped in Atlanta
On Aug. 17, an Atlanta musician from the group Nappy Roots, Fish Scales, was kidnapped and shot at a brewery he co-owns in the city. According to the police, two suspects robbed a customer in the parking lot of Atlantucky Brewing near Mercedes-Benz Stadium. They then went into the brewery and forced Fish Scales, whose real […]
Viral 24-year-old Louisiana rapper shot and killed
On July 27, popular Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan was shot and killed. Bogalusa, Louisian PD received a call in the evening about a shooting at a home. The cops say one victim had been transported to a local hospital, while another victim was critically wounded, treated by paramedics, and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. […]
Dallas woman who was shot by police claims to be Chris Brown’s wife
A woman in Dallas pulled a gun out near a ticket counter at Dallas Love Field Airport on July 25 and opened fire at the ceiling. She was then shot by police and arrested. Nobody was hurt in the incident, but TSA still had to evacuate all travelers from the terminals, causing major delays. Portia […]
Man kidnaps child and mother at daycare, then does the unthinkable
On June 16, police arrested a man who kidnapped his child and the the child’s mother from a daycare in DeKalb County, Georgia. Police responded to a domestic violence call in the afternoon at the Elevation Education Daycare. The owner of the daycare told WSB-TV that the staff tried to stop Taco Nash from taking […]
Infant at center of Amber Alert killed along with mother; find out who did it
A father fatally shot his infant daughter before killing himself on the morning of June 12 after kidnapping the baby from her mother the day before. 38-year-old Darian Bennett shot and killed the baby’s mother and injured the grandmother by gunfire at their home in Covington on the night of June 11. Bennett then kidnapped […]
Black man couldn’t win over ex-girlfriend, so he lashed out at her new lover
On the evening June 5, deputies responded to a home in Woodstock, Georgia where they found a 25-year-old man shot dead. Brakus Golden, 24, was alleged to have shot the victim and left the scene. The sheriff’s office said that Golden had been in a relationship with the victim’s girlfriend, who lives at that home. […]
Snoop Dogg said he fainted when he saw Tupac shot up in the hospital (video)
Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg were two of the most prominent and influential rappers in what is widely characterized as the “golden era” of hip-hop in the mid-1990s. Snoop recalls the flood of emotions that overcame him when he visited the legendary Tupac in the hospital after he was shot in a drive-by shooting in […]
Mother of 3 arrested for shooting teen in face; her callous reaction
A mother of three was arrested in the shooting of a 17-year-old girl in a road rage incident on May 1. Douglas Police Major JR Davidson told 11 Alive News that the shooting took place on the highway. Ashlyn Crouch was allegedly shot in the face by a woman who was following a group of […]
Teen traveling with Atlanta rapper shot in drive-by after show
Police say an Atlanta teen who was shot in a drive-by on April 23, died of his wounds. According to police in LaGrange, Georgia, Nasr Midian Kahenti Atun El Bebley-Calvin was with a group of rappers who were performing at Club TRU. He was with Atlanta rapper Coldheartedsavage, who is signed to Lil Baby’s 4 […]
Gunfight leads to carjacking in Atlanta; 5 teenagers allegedly involved
Five teenagers were shot during a fight outside a diner in Atlanta, and two of them allegedly carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint to get to a hospital. Two females and three males between the ages of 15 and 19 were wounded on the night of April 23 outside a Waffle House near Centennial Olympic Park. […]
Police arrest suspected gunman caught on video shooting security guard
Atlanta police said on April 21 that they arrested a man on murder charges after 51-year-old Anthony Frazier was shot and killed outside of an Atlanta restaurant on April 18. Police have released the surveillance video that showed the man walking up on Frazier from behind with a gun in his hand. Police arrested Stanley […]
Parent leaves unsecured gun in car, leading to heartbreak
Police in Chester, Pennsylvania, responded to the scene after a 4-year-old girl was shot by her toddler brother in a car outside a gas station on April 5. The 2-year-old brother was reportedly handling the gun inside the car when it went off. People nearby heard the gunshot inside the vehicle. The girl was rushed […]
Chicago teen dies after being shot 24 times
Sincere Cole, a 15-year old from Chicago, was killed after being shot 24 times near a Shell gas station on Feb. 12. “I looked at him, felt his neck to see if he was breathing,” Shell employee Ralph Kendall told Fox 32 Chicago. “[He] looked in my face and took his last breath.” The teen’s […]
Friend of slain rapper Pop Smoke also killed after signing deal
TDott Woo, a friend of slain rapper Pop Smoke, was also shot and killed just after he signed his new music label deal this past week. TDott, 22, who was born Tahjay Dobson in New York, and was also called “Mike Jack” and “Stepp,” had recently boasted on his momentous occasion for getting signed on to […]
Rapper Slim 400 fatally shot in LA
Rising rap star Slim 400 was shot and killed in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. He was 33. According to local law enforcement, Slim 400 was gunned down in Inglewood, California, a neighboring city to L.A. At press time, the police have not revealed what could have precipitated the violence nor […]