Los Angeles police have arrested five people in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Pop Smoke during a home invasion in February.
The rapper, whose real name was Bashar Jackson, was shot after masked men broke into a Hollywood Hills home he was staying.
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Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on Thursday tweeted that three adult males and two juvenile males have been taken into custody.
LAPD Detectives have arrested three adult males & two juvenile males related to the Feb 19th murder of Bashar Jackson, a New York based rapper known as Pop Smoke. We will provide further details as they become available.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 9, 2020
In an update, LADP stated that the three adult suspects are Corey Walker, Keandre D. Rodgers and Jaquan Murphy.
UPDATE: The three adult suspects are listed by name as—Suspect 1: Corey Walker, Supect 2: Keandre D. Rodgers and Suspect 3: Jaquan Murphy. https://t.co/qn5oR7OxdX
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 10, 2020
It added that suspects 1 and 2—as well as the two juvenile suspects—were charged with murder, and bail was set for all at $1,000,000.
While suspect 3 was charged with attempted murder and bail was also set at $1,000,000.
Suspects 1 and 2—as well as the two juvenile suspects—were booked for 187(a) PC- Murder, and bail was set for all at $1,000,000 for the two adults. Suspect 3 was booked for 664/187(a) PC- Attempted Murder, and bail was also set at $1,000,000.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 10, 2020
The arrests come less than a week after Pop Smoke’s posthumous album “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” was released.
Pop Smoke was killed during a home invasion at the residence while enjoying the success of his sophomore mixtape, which came out the week before his killing.
The police found the rapper shot after they received a call about a break in and was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead hours later.
Several people were detained and released in February.
Witnesses told investigators that between two and six people broke into the home, one of them wearing a mask.
