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 Division’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 line with a information launch printed on Tuesday.

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

The suspect fled in what police assume to be a darkish SUV, and so they 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 Division 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.

In accordance with the police, when the SUV drove up, O’Brien was on the cellphone along with his spouse, anticipating the couple’s fourth baby. In accordance with Fox 11, she heard him being shot and rushed to the location.

O’Brien has a daughter who’s eight years outdated and two children who’re 9 months and two years outdated.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

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