As per Fox 5 Atlanta, hundreds of fans gathered in Atlanta's Bessie Braham Park in the Kirkwood neighborhood to honor Young Scooter, after he died last week at 39.
Scooter's family, friends, and fans showed up to release hundreds of red, white, and blue balloons to honor the late rapper's life. Fellow Atlanta rapper Ralo paid a tribute, saying,
"The biggest lesson that I learned throughout it is possibly that, you know, we were going through things before he passed and I just wish I would have fixed it. I got to live that for the rest of my life. I love you son, and I'm going to miss you."
Young Scooter's mother said, "I love you, son, and I'm going to miss you," while his friend, Baby Jade, noted that the rapper was a father figure for many people in his community.
"A lot of the kids from his community didn't necessarily have dads all the time or have that parental support, he always stepped in and stepped up. If they needed someone to come and shout at the game, if they neded a suit for the banquet, whatever it was, he was just amazing, and Atlanta took a really big hit with his one."
How did Young Scooter die?
Rapper Young Scooter died on March 25 while he was running away from the police and jumped on a fence to flee. According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in Atlanta, Young Scooter was found with a "penetrating injury of the right thigh." A doctor confirmed to Fox 5 that his injuries were consistent with a punctured femoral artery.
In a March 28 statement, the Atlanta Police noted that they initially responded to shots being fired at a home on William Nye Drive SE. Atlanta police lieutenant Andrew Smith noted,
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"During the process of establishing the perimeter, two males fled out of the rear of the house. One male returned back to 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. Just to be clear, the injury that was sustained was not via the officers on the scene. It was when the male was fleeing."
The police acted on a call from a 31-year-old woman who was later identified as former Baddies star Demetria Spence. Spence claimed that a woman and a child were getting beaten. However, the police later arrested Spence and charged her with transmitting a false public alarm. A judge granted Spence a $7,500 bond for her release.
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