The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office revealed Wednesday that it was investigating a possible charge of assault with a firearm in a case in which rapper Megan Thee Stallion said she was shot.
The investigation includes recording of artist Tory Lanez, who was arrested after Stallion claimed she was shot in the feet outside her home in the Hollywood Hills last month.
Prosecutors said they were investigating the case and have asked the Los Angeles Police Department to investigate the incident further.
Lanez was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon after he was arrested leaving the area before the morning of July 12 in a car that shareholders said was linked to reports of the shooting.
A lawyer for Lanez could not be immediately reached for comment Wednesday.
Stallion posted a picture – and then deleted it – on Instagram on Wednesday that she said the result showed she was shot while walking outside the residence of a house in the Hollywood Hills. “Why would I suffer to be shot,” Stallion said in a blunt post in response to comments that raised the question of whether the WAP hitmaker was really hurt. She said she “underwent an operation to remove the bullets.” She never publicly identified the shooter.
According to Ricardo Santiago, a spokesman for the district attorney, the LAPD presented an investigation into “criminal attack with a semi-automatic firearm – personal use of a firearm: to the office and on July 24, prosecutors asked law enforcement for further investigation before submitting a submit make decision. ” Such referrals are often in high-profile investigations where prosecutors want more details before making a decision on whether a case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lanez, 27, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was arrested on July 12 by the LAPD at the scene and released on $ 35,000 bond, according to prison records.
For the second time in a month, Stallion used her social media accounts on Wednesday to defend herself against suggestions that she was not injured during the shooting. An initiative LAPD account does not report the artist who was hit by gunfire and only refers to those who have a foot injury.
“Lol what I have learned on majority of people on social media it is not fun to hear bad news before good news, a lie spread faster than the truth …”, she wrote. ‘I hit the back of my feet because when I shot I was DISAPPEARED FROM THE BACK. why would I suffer to be shot? Stallion wrote on her Instagram account.
On that night in July, LA police officers stormed the house in the 1800 block of Nichols Canyon about 4:30 a.m. after receiving a report of gunfire. According to the LAPD, “witnesses to the incident provided a description of a suspect (s) and their car.” Officers stopped a car according to the description, arrested several people and eventually arrested Lanez, according to a statement.
In a video of the aftermath, both Lanez and Stallion can be seen in handcuffs as officers try to determine what happened.
In a statement Wednesday, the LAPD said one person was taken to the hospital “with a foot injury.” Two sources familiar with the investigation said Stallion showed an injury at the scene in accordance with her being hit by broken glass. In the aftermath Stallion – whose real name is Megan Pete – posted on Instagram that “the story that is being reported about Sunday morning’s events is inaccurate.”
“On Sunday morning, I fired guns, as a result of a crime committed against me and committed with intent to physically harm me,” the “Savage” singer said. I was never arrested, the policemen drove me to the hospital, where I underwent an operation to remove the bullets. I am incredibly grateful that I am alive and that I am expected to make a complete recovery, but it was important for me to clarify the details of this traumatic night, ”she wrote.
Sources familiar with the investigation, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it, said the firing of the rifle was reckless and the firing could have deflated and screwed the hit likely.
