A gruesome shooting at a Lil Baby concert in Memphis left a local rapper critically injured and thousands terrified as police swarmed the area in search of the gunman who managed to evade the arena’s security protocols and smuggled a gun in.
The shooting occurred just before 10.30pm at the FedEx Forum in the city, the Memphis Police Department told the media. The singer had been on stage for less than thirty minutes.
Rapper CEO Jizzle, whose real name is Jaylen Johnson, confirmed in an Instagram video that he was the person who was shot.
Johnson’s cousin is celebrated rapper Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Thornton. He was shot dead in Memphis bakery in broad daylight at the age of 36 in November 2021. Four men are expected to stand trial for the killing in 2024. The motive for that killing has not been revealed.
He was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. Investigators are working to identify the shooter and to establish how the gun got inside as attendees are forced to go through a metal detector before entering.
In his social media video, the rapper mocked his attackers and bragged that he was ‘good’ following the shooting.
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