The cause of Young Scooter’s death has been revealed.
The rapper – real name Kenneth Bailey – died on Friday (March 28) after fleeing from the police.
The Atlanta Police Department stated in a press conference at the time that a 39-year-old died after he injured his leg on a fence as he fled from police responding to a 911 call at a home on William Nye Drive. The man was transported to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Scooter was later confirmed as the deceased male, according to Variety.
Now, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office (via The Independent), Scooter’s cause of death was a “penetrating injury of the right thigh” that led to major blood loss.
The autopsy additionally noted that the rapper injured himself on a wooden fencing material or woody debris. His death was listed as an accident.
The Atlanta Police Department previously said that officers responded to a 911 call over “a dispute with a weapon,” as “it was advised in the caller marks that shots were fired.” A female was also reportedly “dragged back inside the location.”
“Once officers arrived they knocked on the door. A male opened the door and immediately shut the door on the officers,” Lieutenant Andrew Smith added. “During [the officers’] process of [then] establishing the perimeter, two males fled out of the rear of the house.”
“One male returned back into the house. The other male jumped two fences as he was fleeing. When officers located him on the other side of the fence, he appeared to have suffered an injury to his leg,” he continued. “Officers rendered aid, and he was transported to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.”
Smith also clarified that the man’s injury happened when he was fleeing, and not “via the officers on the scene.”
Following the confirmation of the rapper’s cause of death, the police have now said in a statement: “While we understand that many people are saddened by his passing, it is important to recognise that Atlanta police officers neither discharged their firearms nor used any force against Mr. Bailey.”
Young Scooter started his career as a rapper in 2008, before he signed with Future‘s record label, Freebanz in 2012.
Scooter and Future collaborated on multiple occasions, including Future and the late Juice WRLD’s 2018 song, ‘Jet Lag‘. In 2013, Scooter also signed with Waka Flocka Flame‘s record label, Brick Squad Monopoly. He also featured on Young Thug’s ‘Guwop‘, alongside Quavo & Offset of Migos, in 2016.
