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Pop Smoke Dies After Gunshot Wound To Torso

By Reporter Abigail Lee

After police responded to a 911 call made last Wednesday from the rapper Pop Smoke. During the call the rapper disclosed to the police that there were five men in black these men were masked and armed they had broken onto his property around 5 am. When officers arrived at the scene they found 20 year old rapper whose legal name is Bashar Barakah Jackson wounded from a gunshot to his torso. He was immediately taken to the hospital where he was soon pronounced dead. As for the five men, police say they had taken off before they arrived at the scene and have yet to be found. Investigators digging into this situation believe that Pop Smoke was targeted. Several law enforcement outlets have reached out and shared that previous residences from the Los Angeles area who were musicians as well have been targeted with home invasion. However investigators have taken into account that Pop Smoke or people he would hang around have posted accidental photos on social media with his address in it. These photos were later taken down but that doesn't mean that nobody had viewed the post before that. Day before Smoke’s death he had posted his day on social media showing him getting a haircut and then later a sunset picture from what appeared to look like his backyard. At one point during the day one of Smoke’s friends had uploaded a photo of what appeared to be black bags with a Hollywood Hills address attached to them. Even with accidental photo leaks of his address investigators still believe that he was targeted. After Smoke’s death several people took to social media how they think MikeDee, who was one of his friends had set him up for the home invasion. This allegation shook the public's eye considering they'd been friends almost all of their life. MikeDee took to social media about how he’d never do that to him and went on to talk about how he was like a brother to him. However many others had felt differently about the situation. One user even tweeted, “Crazy that Pop smokes friend posted a pic with his address on and the next day he’s dead.” On the other hand there are other fans that believe MikeDee didn’t have anything to do with his death. Regardless of the theories MikeDee posted a heartfelt paragraph on his instagram about how much Pop Smoke meant to him and it’s a hard time for him and everyone around him. Shortly after this Pop Smoke’s record label put a statement out about his unexpected passing. The statement was short and simple explaining how they’re all in shock and that they have yet to find the people held responsible. Smoke’s family haven’t spoken out but as you can imagine this is a difficult time for them. Pop Smoke was just beginning his career and was at the tip of blowing up with his music. He will be missed by many as they grieve in this hard time.