Latauriisha O’Brien, 32, who performs under the name “Half Ounce,” was found fatally shot late Oct. 3.
The city already had a notorious history for rappers, and in the last month at least two more artists have been slain there.
Latauriisha O’Brien, 32, who performs under the name “Half Ounce,” was found fatally shot late Oct. 3, police and his family said, the latest of several rap notables who have been killed in Los Angeles in the past two years.officers responded to multiple calls of shots fired around 11:30 a.m. in the Koreatown neighborhood and found a man fatally shot in front of an apartment building.
Authorities investigate the shooting of rapper Half Ounce in Koreatown area of Los Angeles, on Tuesday.that the person killed was O’Brien, a father of three who worked at UPS while attending school. The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office also confirmed O’Brien was the victim. An examination was pending Tuesday, an office spokesperson said.
Police officials said motive was unknown and that the investigation was in its early stages. Investigators are looking for a man wearing dark clothing who fled south from the crime scene on New Hampshire Avenue in a dark-colored SUV.
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