American rapper, Javorius Scott, popularly known as JayDaYoungan has died after a shooting in Bogalusa on Wednesday, police said.
The Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan was fatally shot Wednesday in his hometown of Bogalusa, police said.
The musician known for “23 Island” and other songs, whose real name is Javorius Scott, was killed in a shooting that occurred shortly before 6 p.m., Bogalusa police said.
Another person police described as a close family member, Kenyatta Scott Sr., was wounded but was stable, police said.
Officers responded to the reports to a report of a shooting around 5:50 p.m. and found one victim critically injured, and that the second victim had been taken to a hospital, police said.
The department later identified JayDaYoungan as one of the shooting victims and said he died from his injuries.
A request for comment from Atlantic Records, which had represented the rapper, was not immediately returned late Wednesday.