Rapper Young Scooter in Atlanta died of a leg injury that he suffered while escaping from police on his 39th birthday, according to a Fulton County medical inspector.
The real-name rapper, Kenneth Edward Bailey, was caused by “permeable damage to the right thigh” caused by wooden fencing or debris, resulting in serious blood loss. WSB-TV reportedcites the office of a medical inspector.
Young Scooter, who gained infamy for his collaboration with Future and Gucci Mane, passed away Friday night at the Grady Marcus Trauma Center in Atlanta.
Before his death, police had responded to a home in southeastern Atlanta earlier that night.
Although she refused to give her name, the woman who identified herself as a “neighborhood clock,” reported that she saw a “naked naked girl running naked” fighting a man before at least three shots were fired.
The caller claimed that “seven men” who regularly swing guns were shattered at home and sold drugs.
“He's her bloody. He dragged her into the house,” the caller said.
However, the officers only found a young scooter and another man. There are no women or children.
One of the men allegedly slammed the front door on the officer's face, and both of them escaped from the back of the house, WSB-TV reported.
When the rapper ran from the house, he jumped onto the fence and maintained a fatal leg injury in a jump or wooded area behind the house.
The man who ran along with the unspecified young scooter later returned home and was not accused of fraud. It remains unclear why the man fled the police.
Reports began to circulate that he was shot after news broke about the rapper's death. Fulton County Medical Inspectors and the Atlanta Police Department confirmed it was false.
“We understand that many people are saddened by his death, but it is important to recognize that Atlanta police officers are not letting their firearms be released and not using force against Bailey,” Atlanta police said in a statement Tuesday.
That's what the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was like. Called to lead the probe On the Bogus 911 call.
However, the Atlanta Police Station Presented at x Tuesday night, 31-year-old Demetriaspense was arrested in connection with a fake call that led to the rapper's death.
“Demetria Spence has been detained by the Atlanta Police Department and has been accused of sending false public warnings under OCGA 16-10-28, subsection (d)(2).
Young Scooter entered the hip-hop scene after signing Future's FreeBandz record label in 2012.
The following year he worked with Gucci Mane on the “Zone 6” hitmaker “Free Bricks 2” mixtape.
His 2013 mixtape, Street Lottery, also featured the appearances of Future, Gucci Mane, Young Dolph and Chief Keef.
