LOS ANGELES — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday with assault and accused of firing a handgun towards a former pal in November, prosecutors stated.
A$AP Rocky, 33, whose actual identify is Rakim Mayers, is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace stated.
Officials say Mayers fired a handgun twice in the path of a former pal after a “heated discussion” in Hollywood on Nov. 6.
The district lawyer’s assertion makes no point out that anybody was hit. The former pal advised police he believed one of many bullets grazed his left hand, in line with police reviews.
Mayers’ lawyer, Alan Jackson, had no fast touch upon the fees Monday.
Arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday, the DA’s workplace stated.
District Attorney George Gascón stated the shooting may have ended in tragedy.
“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” Gascón stated in a statement.
The shooting occurred a block south of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles police have stated.
Mayers was arrested in April at Los Angeles International Airport in reference to the shooting.
In 2019, Mayers was charged in Sweden after a struggle on the road between his entourage and two males.
He was convicted of assault, given a suspended jail sentence and needed to pay greater than $1,000 in damages. He spent a month in jail earlier than the sentence was handed down.
Mayers known as it a scary, humbling expertise. The Swedish court docket discovered that the assault was not “of such a serious nature” as to warrant extra time behind bars.
