Toronto police say a safety guard working exterior the Bridle Path neighbourhood house of rap famous person Drake was critically injured in a capturing early Tuesday morning.
Insp. Paul Krawczyk informed reporters the capturing occurred at round 2 a.m. exterior of the gates of the Park Lane Circle house, which is close to Bayview and Lawrence avenues.
“That individual was working, apparently, as a safety guard on the residence,” Krawczyk stated.
“He was standing exterior of the gates in entrance of the residence when the capturing occurred.”
Krawczyk stated he couldn’t verify if Drake was house on the time of the incident. He did observe police are in touch “along with his staff” and that they’re “cooperating” with investigators.
The safety guard was taken to hospital with life-threatening accidents the place he stays, police stated in an replace Tuesday afternoon.
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Police have collected some video proof which captured the capturing, Krawczyk stated, however famous he wouldn’t launch any additional particulars on suspects or a automobile description due to “video high quality points.”
“As we have now data and we’re capable of analyze the video higher, then we’ll be capable of present extra data,” Krawczyk stated.
He stated “people” had been seen in a automobile however didn’t specify what number of.
Police tape off Park Lane Circle in Toronto’s Bridle Path neighbourhood on Could 7, 2024.
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The capturing comes amid an ongoing feud between Drake and rapper Kendrick Lamar, although Krawczyk wouldn’t remark if that had something to do with Tuesday’s capturing.
“I’m conscious of what you’re speaking about,” Krawczyk stated.
“However it’s so early within the investigation that we don’t have a motive right now. And so I can’t remark additional on that.”
The newest rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar noticed the Toronto-born artist launch his fourth diss observe in opposition to Lamar, entitled The Coronary heart Half 6, on Sunday.
The observe is over 5 minutes lengthy and makes an attempt to dispute a number of claims made by Lamar, 36, in his earlier raps concentrating on Drake, 37. A lot of the response sees Drake deny grooming underage women for intercourse, an allegation that has adopted the rapper for years now.
To date, there’s been 9 tracks launched within the ongoing feud between Drake and Lamar — although Drake appeared to indicate he’s rising bored with their forwards and backwards, no matter how enthusiastic their collective fanbases have been.
— With information from International Information’ Sarah Do Couto and Aaron D’Andrea
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