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LAPD update on fatal shooting of rapper Pop Smoke at Hollywood Hills home I ABC7

Feb 20, 2020
Alright, good morning, I'll give you my name in Captain Steve Laurie ste ve Lu RIE, the commanding officer of the LAPD Hollywood area. I apologize, this information is very preliminary at this time as we are just beginning this investigation. that at 4:55 this morning several LAPD Hollywood units responded to a call at 2:03 3 Hercules Drive in Hollywood Hills, the radio call was called by someone from the east and said that several friends were breaking into the house of a friend. suspects and that one of them was armed with a gun when officers arrived, approximately six minutes later they discovered that a victim inside the house had been shot, they called the fire department, who arrived and transported the victim to Cedars-Hospital.
lapd update on fatal shooting of rapper pop smoke at hollywood hills home i abc7
Sinai where it was. declared dead a few hours later I'm not sure what time he was pronounced dead officers detained him several people were inside the house however all of those people were released it was widely reported that someone at the scene was arrested that is not true no one was arrested It has also been widely reported at the scene that the victim is a music star of some importance. We have not yet confirmed the identity of the victim, so we are not stating that Western Bureau Homicide Operations is investigating this there at the scene now and they will.
lapd update on fatal shooting of rapper pop smoke at hollywood hills home i abc7

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I'll have more details as the day goes on and again I apologize, but that's all we have right now and I'll answer questions if you have them. Yes sir, the 911 9-1-1 call came from the east, apparently it was a friend of Someone inside the residence who had been contacted from inside the residence and who in turn had called 9-1-1. 1-1. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know if the house is used like there, baby, no, it is. It was reported out there but we have not confirmed the identity of the victim. He looked to be between 20 and 30 years old.
lapd update on fatal shooting of rapper pop smoke at hollywood hills home i abc7
Not only one person was shot. Yes, there were several witnesses and they are being interviewed by homicide detectives. Now I know it's early. investigation, but obviously the neighbors are concerned, is there any indication that this could have been a targeted

shooting

attack or was it a random

home

invasion? It's a very good question that we just don't know again. We're just starting to interview people I know. This is very preliminary. Yes, at least one of the suspects was wearing a black mask in the house. How many suspects do you think his work? There are variable reports between 2:00 and 6:00, so depending on which version is correct, it is between 2:00 and 6:00 I don't know, I think someone just asked yes, yes, not yet We will know in a few hours when Homicide will have conducted some witness interviews.
lapd update on fatal shooting of rapper pop smoke at hollywood hills home i abc7
I'm sure I can give you more information. I apologize this is really just the basics while we get off to a good start thank you hello. I'm Marc Brown. Click the

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