Atlanta Rapper Young Scooter Dies At 39 In Accident While Fleeing Police
deadline.comYoung Scooter, the Atlanta rapper who has worked with Future and Gucci Mane, has died. He was 39. The Streetz Krazy artist (born Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey) was pronounced dead on Friday, which was his birthday, after he was brought into Grady Marcus Trauma Center from a location on the southeast side of the city.
According to TMZ, Atlanta Police Department’s Lt. Andrew Smith said Bailey was fleeing on foot from police and severely injured his leg while jumping over fences, which resulted in his death.
Scooter is assumed to be one of two men officers discovered fleeing out the back of a house while they responded to a disturbance call.
Smith stressed that no shots were fired during the incident. Born March 28, 1986 in Walterboro, South Carolina, Bailey began performing as Young Scooter after he was charged with drug trafficking in 2008.
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