The rapper Pop Smoke was killed during a home invasion at a Hollywood Hills, California, residence early Wednesday, a police official and federal law enforcement source confirmed to CNN.
He was 20 years old and enjoying the success of his sophomore mixtape, which was released last week.
Police held a press conference about the home invasion, but did not release the rapper's name.
Law
enforcement received a call just before 5 a.m. ET (8 a.m. ET) from
"someone back East" who reported that one of their friend's homes was
being broken into and that one of the suspects was armed with a handgun,
said Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Steve Lurie, commanding officer of the Hollywood area.
Inside,
officers found a man who had been shot. He was transported to
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was pronounced dead
hours later, the captain said. It's unclear who owns the house, he
said.
