Rapper Young Scooter dies after suffering leg injury fleeing from Atlanta police officers

ATLANTA — A man has died after suffering a leg injury when fleeing from officers Friday evening, Atlanta Police said.

Young Scooter, known in the music world as Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey, was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as the individual involved in the recent incident. The cause of his death remains unknown at this time.

Police said that they were responding to reports of a dispute with possible gunshots being fired at a home in Atlanta.

Bailey fled, and after a bride foot chase, responding officers found him with a leg injury. No weapons were fired, police said.

Officers rendered aid to the man, by applying a tourniquet and he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Following the incident, both the homicide unit and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have launched investigations to understand the details and context of what transpired.

The investigation is ongoing.

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