Rapper Young Scooter has reportedly died on his 39th birthday in Atlanta.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the death of the rapper Variety Friday said emergency emergency services transported him to the Grady Marcus Trauma Center. However, his cause of death is still indefinite, with an autopsy yet to be completed.
Atlanta police said on Friday that a 39-year-old died after injuring his leg on a fence when he fled from police, responding to a 911 call in a home in William Nye Drive.
Atlanta police said officers responded to a 911 call on “a dispute with a weapon” on Friday, as “it was advised in the call marks that shots were fired.” A female was also reportedly dragged back to the location. “
“After officers arrived, they knocked on the door.” A man opened the door and locked the door on the officers immediately, ‘Lieutenant Andrew Smith said at the press conference. ‘During [the officers’] process of [then] With the determination of the perimeter, two men fled from the back of the house. “
Atlanta’s 11 alive reported that Scooter – whose real name is Kenneth Edward Bailey – was the deceased man.
“One man returned in the house. The other man jumped two fences as he fled. When officers located on the other side of the fence, it seemed like he sustained an injury to his leg, ‘police continued. “Officers provided assistance, and he was transported to Grady Hospital, where he passed away.”
Smith also made it clear that the man’s injury occurred when he fled, and not “via the officers on the scene.”
Police said they could not find a female woman after the 911 call, and an investigation into the incident is still underway.
Scooter’s family confirmed Atlanta News first that his death happened after this incident.
The independent contacted the Atlanta Police Department and the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Young Scooter started his career as a rapper in 2008 before signing Future’s record label Freebanz years later. In 2012, the musician, who moved to Atlanta with his family with his family, released his first hit, ‘Columbia’.
Scooter and Future worked together on several occasions, as the late rapper was on Future and The Late Juice WRLD’s 2018 song, “Jet Lag”. In 2013, Scooter also signed Flocka Flocka Flame’s record label Brick Squad Monopoly.
