Gunshots fired at Lil Wayne’s entourage
Nobody sustained injury on the bus and reason for shooting remains unknown.
Wayne has earlier been to prison in New York for a gun-possession case. PHOTO: REUTERS
LOS ANGELES:
Gunshots were fired early Sunday into two buses carrying Grammy-awards winner and rap music star Lil Wayne and his entourage on a Georgia highway following a performance in Atlanta, but no one was hurt. About a dozen people were on board the two buses when the pre-dawn shooting occurred on Interstate 285 near the junction of Interstate 75, northwest of Atlanta, as expressed by Cobb County police spokesman Sergeant Dana Pierce.
By the time police reached the set, most of the individuals from Wayne’s group had left the scene, and the few remaining told the officers that they believe the shots were fired from “some type of white car” on the highway. Atlanta police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy was quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper as saying there were two suspect vehicles involved, possibly a sports car and a sport utility vehicle, both white.
Police have no suspects, “nor was anybody injured on the bus, fortunately,” Pierce said, adding he had no immediate explanation of what might have precipitated such a shooting. According to the Journal-Constitution and the celebrity news website TMZ, Wayne, 32, performed Saturday night at the Compound nightclub in Atlanta. TMZ said other passengers on the buses included executive’s of Wayne’s label, Young Money, and other recording artists, including Lil Twist and Hood.
Astoundingly, Last month; a report of a shooting at a Miami Beach home belonging to Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, was declared a hoax by the police after investigators found no evidence of victims or gunfire.
Moreover, the New Orleans native has an intricate reputation as he has had run-ins with the law on weapons and drug charges and went to prison in New York due to a gun case. Wayne’s representatives were not immediately available for comment.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 28th, 2015.
Gunshots were fired early Sunday into two buses carrying Grammy-awards winner and rap music star Lil Wayne and his entourage on a Georgia highway following a performance in Atlanta, but no one was hurt. About a dozen people were on board the two buses when the pre-dawn shooting occurred on Interstate 285 near the junction of Interstate 75, northwest of Atlanta, as expressed by Cobb County police spokesman Sergeant Dana Pierce.
By the time police reached the set, most of the individuals from Wayne’s group had left the scene, and the few remaining told the officers that they believe the shots were fired from “some type of white car” on the highway. Atlanta police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy was quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper as saying there were two suspect vehicles involved, possibly a sports car and a sport utility vehicle, both white.
Police have no suspects, “nor was anybody injured on the bus, fortunately,” Pierce said, adding he had no immediate explanation of what might have precipitated such a shooting. According to the Journal-Constitution and the celebrity news website TMZ, Wayne, 32, performed Saturday night at the Compound nightclub in Atlanta. TMZ said other passengers on the buses included executive’s of Wayne’s label, Young Money, and other recording artists, including Lil Twist and Hood.
Astoundingly, Last month; a report of a shooting at a Miami Beach home belonging to Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, was declared a hoax by the police after investigators found no evidence of victims or gunfire.
Moreover, the New Orleans native has an intricate reputation as he has had run-ins with the law on weapons and drug charges and went to prison in New York due to a gun case. Wayne’s representatives were not immediately available for comment.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 28th, 2015.