Waka Flocka Flame is unhurt following a shooting incident at a studio.
The alleged shooting incident took placed on April 4th while Waka Flocka Flame, real name Jaquan Malphurs, and others were recording music at Zac Recording Studio in Northwest Atlanta. Channel 2 News reporter, Michael Seiden, confirmed the incident today saying that the rapper and about a dozen others were forced to dodge bullets when three armed men started firing at the studio.
“JUST IN: Atlanta rapper @WakaFlocka forced to dodge barrage of bullets after gunmen opened fire on recording studio, per law enforcement sources,” Seiden tweeted.
Sources say a police report was filed and eyewitnesses told cops that it was three gunmen who are yet to be identified. Witnesses also told cops that it was close to a dozen people inside the recording studio at the time of the shooting. Police have also recovered several shell cases at the scene.
Waka Flocka Flame has remained tight-lipped on the breaking news. It’s also unclear if he was the intended target of the shooting.
JUST IN: Atlanta rapper @WakaFlocka forced to dodge barrage of bullets after gunmen opened fire on recording studio, per law enforcement sources.@wsbtv
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) April 12, 2019
MORE INFO: @WakaFlocka , whose real name is Jaquan Malphurs, was among nearly a dozen people at the recording studio when the bullets started flying;witnesses told police that three gunmen fired shots into the studio, police confirmed.
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) April 12, 2019
MORE INFO: When officers arrived at the nw Atlanta recording studio, they were greeted outside by two armed men who told them that their friend had been shot in the right arm, police said. @WakaFlocka wasn’t injured. Search continues for gunmen.
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) April 12, 2019
This all happened earlier this month (April 4) at Zac Recording on 669 Antone St. We stopped by the studio, but an unidentified man told us “no comment”through an intercom.
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) April 12, 2019
It’s unclear if the Atlanta rapper was the intended target.
— Michael Seiden (@SeidenWSBTV) April 12, 2019