
My brother hit me up early this morning with the news....sad that we stay losing talent to nonsensical violence.....Rest In Peace big homie....
Atlanta rapper
Dolla was shot and killed in
Los Angeles yesterday (May 18) by a suspect who fled the scene in a silver
Mercedes.
The 21-year-old rapper, whose real name is
Roderick Anthony Burton II, was shot in the head while standing in the valet parking area of the posh
Beverly Center mall.
The shooting caused several people in the parking lot and at a nearby restaurant to duck for cover. Witnesses reported that a fight broke out in the parking lot, but the
Los Angeles Police Department (
LAPD) could not confirm or deny those reports.
It has been confirmed, however, that
Dolla was at the mall with rapper
DJ Shabbazz.
The fatally injured
Dolla was rushed to the nearby
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he died soon afterwards, reports the
Los Angeles Times.
The
LAPD has not yet identified any suspects or a motive for the killing, but a "person of interest" was reportedly apprehended at the
Los Angeles International Airport brandishing a gun. Police later found the
Mercedes parked in one of the airport's lots.
The up-and-coming rapper had flown into
Los Angeles earlier in the morning to work on his debut album, which was scheduled to be released on
Jive Records this summer. His single
'Feelin' Myself' was featured on the soundtrack of the 2006 dance film
'Step Up'.