INGLEWOOD rapper Half Ounce has been killed after being gunned down on the street while on the phone with his pregnant wife, cops say.
The rapper was walking home on Monday evening when he was shot and killed in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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The Los Angeles Police Department says Half Ounce and a friend were walking in the neighborhood when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and opened fire at both men.
Cops believe the rapper‘s friend may have fired back at the perpetrators after he fled the scene.
Responding units found Half Ounce lying in a planter at a nearby apartment building with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police said Half Ounce’s pregnant wife was on the phone with him when she heard gunshots.
The victim was an aspiring rapper who also worked for UPS, family members told ABC 7.
The rapper leaves behind three children: a nine-month-old son, a two-year-old son, and an eight-year-old daughter.
Police described the suspect as a male around 32 years old, wearing dark clothing.
Half Ounce was set to drop his most recent single, Drop The Ball, on October 14.
His death comes days after rapper PnB Rock, 30, was gunned down in Los Angeles on September 12.
PnB Rock, born Rakim Hasheem Allen, was shot dead during a violent robbery at a Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘N Waffles eatery – where he was dining with his girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang.
Police believe the rapper may have been targeted for his jewelry.
PnB‘s shocking death came days before he appeared on a podcast with DJ Akademiks, where he discussed that rappers were targets for robberies, KRON reported.
He revealed that he had never been robbed and liked to avoid venues such as nightclubs and strip clubs.
He preferred to visit places that he believed were safer.
