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According toTMZ, the Migos rapper, 27, was at the recording studio when the shooting took place on Wednesday evening.
TMZ went on to report that the shooting took place shortly after Offset had gone outside for a few minutes.
A rep for Offset did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Although the Atlanta Police Department did not confirm to PEOPLE whether Offset was present during the shooting, they did confirm that police responded to “a call of shots fired” on Wednesday around 9:05 p.m.
“Upon arrival, officers spoke with the reporting party, who advised that while he and others were at the location, occupants of a dark SUV started to shoot towards the building,” the police statement reads.
“The shooting resulted in damage to three vehicles, the building and the window of an apartment in the area,” the statement continues. “It was initially reported that someone was shot in the leg, but officers were unable to locate a gunshot victim.”
The shooting is currently under investigation.
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The shooting took place over two weeks after awarrant for Offset’s arrestwas reportedly issued in Georgia.
The 18-year-old man, identified as Richard Andrew “Junior” Gibbons, had apparently taken his phone out to take a video with Offset — a move that didn’t sit well with the 27-year-old emcee.Gibbons later told TMZthat Offset told him to “get that f–in’ phone out of my face.”
Sandy Springs police declined PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Offset appeared to respond to the newsvia Twitter, writing in a since-deleted note: “HARDEST THING I EVER DONE WAS BEING A BLACK MEN (TARGET) AND A RAPPER (TARGET) s— is crazy !!!”
source: people.com
