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A$AP Rocky was arrested by Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday in connection with a November 2021 shooting. A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, was returning from a trip to Barbados with his girlfriend, Rihanna, when LAPD and ICE officers arrested him at Los Angeles International Airport. Eyewitnesses told TMZ he arrived on a private jet and was handcuffed at the terminal.
According to NBC, A$AP Rocky is under investigation for a Nov. 6 shooting in Hollywood near Vista del Mar and Selma Avenue. A LAPD press release refers to A$AP Rocky and the victim as “two acquaintances” and says they got into an argument that “escalated and resulted in the suspect firing a gun.” The victim informed the officials A$AP Rocky shot him “three to four times” and grazed his left hand before fleeing with two other men. The shooting does not appear to have been reported in the press at the time.
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna reportedly started dating in late 2020, though neither confirmed the relationship until May 2021, when he called her the “love of my life” in a GQ interview. In January, they announced they were expecting a baby, and Rihanna recently told Vogue that she’s in her third trimester. Their recent trip to Barbados followed rumors they had split after A$AP Rocky cheated on the shoe designer Amina Muaddi, although these rumors were promptly dispelled.
A$AP Rocky has had several run-ins with the law over the past decade, including two assault charges following public altercations. He was arrested in Sweden in July 2019 after he and three members of his entourage got into a scuffle with a man on the street. Both parties said they acted in self-defense. A$AP Rocky was held in Sweden for six weeks and after a trial was convicted of aggravated assault and ordered to pay $1,270 in damages.
NBC reports that Rihanna was with him when he was arrested and police searched A$AP Rocky’s LA home. According to court records, he was released on bail hours after his incarceration and has a court date of August 17.
This post has been updated.
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