Half Ounce, LA Rapper, Was Fatally Shot

The Los Angeles rapper Half Ounce was killed in a taking pictures on the road.

At roughly 11:30 p.m. native time on Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Olympic division obtained a number of radio calls reporting photographs fired and a person screaming close to the 700 block of South New Hampshire Avenue, in accordance with a information launch printed on Tuesday.

A person was discovered shot useless in entrance of an house advanced when police arrived. The Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced the particular person over on the spot.

The suspect fled in what police assume to be a darkish SUV, they usually have not been capable of meet up with him but. He was a black man in darkish apparel, as reported.

PEOPLE has realized that Latauriisha O’Brien, 32, higher recognized by her stage as Half Ounce, was fatally shot. Sources within the Los Angeles Police Department instructed Fox 11 that O’Brien was shot whereas strolling with a companion.

O’Brien and his pal had been shot at by somebody within the passenger seat of a close-by SUV, prompting them to flee in haste. The authorities have launched an investigation to determine the pal.

According to the police, when the SUV drove up, O’Brien was on the telephone along with his spouse, anticipating the couple’s fourth youngster. According to Fox 11, she heard him being shot and rushed to the positioning.

O’Brien has a daughter who’s eight years previous and two children who’re 9 months and two years previous. His cousins instructed NBC4 that he’s anticipating his fourth youngster in March of 2023.

Lieutenant John Radtke of the Los Angeles Police Department said that officers are reviewing safety and surveillance footage collected by surrounding houses to find out what drew O’Brien and his pal to the world between seven and thirty rounds had been fired.