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Miami Teen Shot & Killed Is Reportedly The Niece Of Rapper Trina
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Miami Herald / Getty We open up this news story with condolences toward rapper Trina and her family after tragedy struck on Wednesday (July 20). Trina’s 17-year-old niece was shot and killed in Miami and details regarding the incident are still murky at best. Niece Of Rapper Trina Shot & Killed, 2 Others Injured Local outlet NBC 6 reports that Toni Chester, who went by the nickname Baby Suga, was among three victims of an early Wednesday shooting in northwest Miami. According to NBC 6, Chester and two male victims both in their 20s occupied a Mercedes Benz when gunfire erupted, striking all three occupants. Chester succumbed to her wounds at the scene of the crime. Trina has yet to address the tragic shooting and Miami police are still investigating t...
Charlotte Comedy Club Empties Before Man Fires Gun, Police Say
A man fired a gun inside a comedy club in North Carolina on Saturday night (July 16) shortly after it was evacuated and before actor and comedian Craig Robinson was set to perform, police said. The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. at The Comedy Zone in Charlotte, media outlets reported. No one was injured. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Club employees told WSOC-TV that the man waved a gun around and told everyone to leave before the venue emptied out. About 50 customers had been inside. “The suspect then discharged his weapon,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a statement on Twitter. “There were no injuries and the suspect was taken into custody.” Suspect discharges firearm inside Uptown business https://t.co/26a5qhvnA8 — CMPD New...
#JaylandWalker: Jayland Walker Reportedly Shot 60 Times By Akron Police, Details Are Scant
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty Jayland Walker is the latest victim of a police-related shooting, and the event’s details are still developing. Walker was reportedly a DoorDash driver who was stopped for a traffic violation, but things went left when eight officers fired 90 shots and reportedly struck him 60 times. Local outlet WKYC obtained details of the shooting including an autopsy of Walker’s body, confirming that he was indeed hit with several bullets after police fired over 90 shots following a traffic chase this past Monday (June 27) in Akron, Ohio. The excessive barrage of gunfire caught the ire and criticism of activists both on the ground and online, and it’s since come out that Walker was unarmed. Police bodycam footage of the shooting has not bee...
Lil Tjay Rumored To Be Paralyzed After Shooting Incident
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Mendez / Getty Lil Tjay, a popular rapper out of the Bronx, was the victim of a shooting and attempted robbery that hospitalized him and an associate. While some reports say that the New York star is on the mend, rumors are persisting that Tjay is paralyzed but the chatter cannot be confirmed. Lil Tjay Paralyzed? Lil Tjay, 21, was targeted in a shooting on June 22 in Edgewater, N.J. along with associate Antoine Byrd, 22. Tjay, real name Tione Merritt, underwent emergency surgery after reportedly getting shot several times with some reports stating he was shot in the back twice lending momentum to the rumors. Initial reports stated that Tjay was reportedly unconscious and little has been offered from the rapper’s management team or label. Related Sto...
DC Rapper No Savage Wanted In Connection To Tysons Corner Shooting
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @nosavagegg / Instagram No Savage, a rising rapper out of Washington, D.C., is wanted in connection to a weekend shooting at a popular shopping mall in the region. Savage allegedly brandished and fired a handgun inside Tysons Corner shopping mall before escaping in a vehicle. Search On For No Savage By Fairfax County Police Local outlet WJLA reports that Savage, real name Noah Settles, was inside Tysons Corner Center this past Saturday (June 18) when he apparently got into an argument with another group of men. Smartphone footage of the argument made its way to social media and it appears that Savage was being taunted which prompted him to go for his firearm. Several shots were fired, causing panic inside the mall but no injuries were reported. Acco...
Family Of Slain Maryland Rapper 23 Rackz Speak Out Against Gun Violence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @23Rackz / Instagram 23 Rackz, a rising teen rapper out of Maryland, was shot and killed a week in Washington, D.C. Now, the family of the teenager is speaking out against the rampant gun violence ravaging the Washington Metropolitan region. Local outlet Fox 5 News initially reported on the shooting death of 23 Rackz, real name Justin Johnson of Temple Hills, Md. Temple Hills is just outside of the Washington, D.C. city limits. Rackz was killed last month (May 26) in the southeast section of D.C. DJ Akademiks memorialized Rackz via an Instagram, explaining he had the teen out at a local showcase. Fellow DMV rapper Wale also took to Twitter when news broke of the loss to salute the young artist. Fox 5 published a new report following up with the John...
Family Of Slain Maryland Rapper 23 Rackz Speak Out Against Gun Violence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @23Rackz / Instagram 23 Rackz, a rising teen rapper out of Maryland, was shot and killed a week in Washington, D.C. Now, the family of the teenager is speaking out against the rampant gun violence ravaging the Washington Metropolitan region. Local outlet Fox 5 News initially reported on the shooting death of 23 Rackz, real name Justin Johnson of Temple Hills, Md. Temple Hills is just outside of the Washington, D.C. city limits. Rackz was killed last month (May 26) in the southeast section of D.C. DJ Akademiks memorialized Rackz via an Instagram, explaining he had the teen out at a local showcase. Fellow DMV rapper Wale also took to Twitter when news broke of the loss to salute the young artist. Fox 5 published a new report following up with the John...
After Uvalde School Massacre, Texas Native Selena Gomez Says, ‘If Children Aren’t Safe at School Where Are They Safe?’
Grand Prairie, Texas native Selena Gomez urged politicians to take decisive action in the wake of the horrific grade school shooting massacre in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday (May 24) in which an armed 18-year-old allegedly killed 19 children and 2 adults. “Today in my home state of Texas 18 innocent students were killed while simply trying to get an education. A teacher killed doing her job; an invaluable yet sadly under appreciated job. If children aren’t safe at school where are they safe?” Gomez wrote. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a follow up tweet, the singer expressed what many Americans were feeling in response to the 27th school shooting of 2022, which has also seen 212 mass shootings in 145 days so far. “It’s so frustrating an...
Olivia Rodrigo ‘So Heartbroken’ About Uvalde Elementary School Shooting Massacre
Olivia Rodrigo took time out during her concert at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater on Tuesday night (May 24) to make a plea for common sense gun legislation in response to the horrific mass shooting at a Texas elementary school earlier in the day that killed 19 children and 2 adults. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I wish we would never have to worry about our safety or our lives at places that are dedicated to our learning and growing,” Rodrigo said while telling the crowd she was “so devastated” about the latest shooting at a U.S. school, which CNN reported was at least the 38th at K-12, colleges and universities so far this year. “And I’m so heartbroken that this is the reality that we’re living in — and we need stricter gun control laws...
President Joe Biden On Buffalo Shooting: “White Supremacy Is A Poison”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty White supremacy became a trending term in the wake of the Buffalo shooting incident, and the incident still looms heavily across the nation. President Joe Biden addressed residents of the upstate New York city, and referred to white supremacy as a “poison.” “White Supremacy Is A Poison” President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden delivered remarks at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo on Tuesday (May 17). During the speech, Biden referred to the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, while also condemning the white supremacist leanings among some American citizens. From the speech: Related Stories Look, we’ve seen the mass shootings in Charleston, South Carolina; El Paso, Texas; in Pittsburgh; last year in Atlanta; this ...
Gun Shop That Sold Bushmaster XM-15 To Buffalo Shooter Ran Background Check
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Normile / Getty As the debate regarding mass shootings and gun control gains steam in the wake of the Buffalo shooting tragedy, details are now coming forth regarding the accused’s actions. A gun shop owner who says he sold the Bushmaster XM-15 reportedly used in the brazen supermarket attack to Payton Gendron shared that a background check on the teen came back without any alarming notices. The New York Times reported that Robert Donald, the owner of Vintage Firearms in Endicott, N.Y., which sold the firearm to Gendron, expressed remorse after noting that the teen passed his background check with flying colors. Related Stories “I just can’t believe it. I don’t understand why an 18-year-old would even do this,” Donald said to the outlet on Sunday (Ma...
Gun Shop That Sold Bushmaster XM-15 To Buffalo Shooter Ran Background Check
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: John Normile / Getty As the debate regarding mass shootings and gun control gains steam in the wake of the Buffalo shooting tragedy, details are now coming forth regarding the accused’s actions. A gun shop owner who says he sold the Bushmaster XM-15 reportedly used in the brazen supermarket attack to Payton Gendron shared that a background check on the teen came back without any alarming notices. The New York Times reported that Robert Donald, the owner of Vintage Firearms in Endicott, N.Y., which sold the firearm to Gendron, expressed remorse after noting that the teen passed his background check with flying colors. Related Stories “I just can’t believe it. I don’t understand why an 18-year-old would even do this,” Donald said to the outlet on Sunday (Ma...
