Young Scooter. Photo:
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Young Scooter, the Atlanta rapper signed to Future and Waka Flocka Flame, has reportedly died on the same day as his birthday. He was 39.
A 39-year-old man died after injuring his leg on a fence as he fled from police responding to a 911 call at a home on William Nye Drive on Friday, March 28, the Atlanta Police Department stated in a press conference. The man was transported to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Scooter, born Kenneth Edward Bailey, was confirmed as the deceased male, according to reports from 11 Alive, Variety and Atlanta News First, citing the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. However, the Police have not yet shared the identity of the deceased at this time.
Officers responded to a 911 call over “a dispute with shots fired and a female being dragged back into the residence,” police in a press conference, per 11 Alive.
“When officers arrived a male initially opened the door [then] closed the door in the officers’ faces without communicating,’ said police. The officers then “established a perimeter,” during which time two men “fled” the premises. One male returned to the home and the other “jumped two fences” while fleeing.
Scooter performing in June 2018. Paras Griffin/Getty
“When officers located him on the other side of the fence, he appeared to have suffered an injury to his leg. Officers rendered aid and he was transported to Grady Hospital where he was pronounced deceased,” said police.
Police could not locate the woman at the residence and said why the men fled is not known. They confirmed that there was no shooting by police in the incident, per 11Alive.
Scooter’s family confirmed his death in the incident, Atlanta News First reported. However, his cause of death has not been confirmed at this time.
PEOPLE has reached out to the Atlanta Police Department and the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office for comment.
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Scooter was born in Walterboro, S.C., and moved to Kirkwood Community in Atlanta at age nine. In 2008, he pursued a music career following a drug trafficking charge, collaborating with his childhood friend Future, 41, on several songs before signing with him in 2012, per Variety.
Waka Flocka, who Scooter signed in 2013, appeared to pay tribute to the late rapper on his Instagram Stories, writing, “Street, you had me crying before my show …you the backbone … dama brada.”
Rapper Playboi Carti reacted on his Instagram Stories writing, “SMFH.” Quavo wrote on X “ion understand,” alongside a video of Scooter performing and a broken-heart and prayer-hands emojis.
