Earlier Tuesday night,
CBS Miami reported an 18-year-old rapper by the name of Jahjah was also shot in a drive-by shooting outside his Fort Lauderdale home.
Taking place at 2839 Northwest 6th Court shortly before 3 a.m ET, deputies say the rapper whose real name is Jareea Bell was shot in the chest and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
His mother, Lakesha Hugley, woke up to “20 or 30 gunshots,” saying, “I fell to the floor, I turned around and my son, my baby boy, got shot. Whoever it is that shot him, if somebody knows something can you please inform the police. My baby boy got shot.”
Man, 18, shot in chest during drive-by shooting near Fort Lauderdale
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The shooting was reported in the 2800 block of Northwest Sixth Court.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies put up crime scene tape in front of several homes during the investigation.
More than a dozen evidence markers were placed on the ground.
The victim’s mother told Local 10 News reporter Annaliese Garcia that her 18-year-old son had just pulled up to their home in a silver Infiniti when the shots were fired.
“We was in the bed sleeping and we heard gunshots – probably about 20, 30 gunshots – (I) fell to the floor, turn around, my son Jah Jah, my baby boy, had got shot,” Lakesha Hugley said.