Los Angeles police discovered a number of firearms on the residence of rapper ASAP Rocky whereas serving a search warrant following his arrest final week in reference to a November taking pictures in Hollywood, authorities stated.
Rocky, whose actual identify is Rakim Mayers, was arrested April 20 after stepping off a non-public jet at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on his manner again from Barbados, authorities stated. He was vacationing on the Caribbean island with singer Rihanna, his girlfriend, who's pregnant with the couple’s first youngster.
Mayers was arrested on suspicion of assault with a lethal weapon in reference to a Nov. 6 incident wherein police say he shot at an individual following an argument. The sufferer sustained a minor damage.
Inside hours of Mayers’ arrest, police used a pry bar and battering ram to enter the musician’s Los Angeles residence with a search warrant searching for proof within the November taking pictures, sources accustomed to the investigation stated.
In line with two sources, the detectives examined numerous firearms on the residence to see in the event that they had been linked to the incident. One supply informed The Occasions the weapons had been legally registered weapons and after being examined weren't eliminated for ballistic examination.
Detectives additionally discovered another items of potential proof in the home, two regulation enforcement sources informed The Occasions.
Mayers, 33, was beforehand convicted of assault in Sweden when he was there for a pageant efficiency in the summertime of 2019. He and two members of his entourage had been accused of aggravated assault, and Mayers was convicted after a trial wherein a decide heard proof a few avenue brawl in Stockholm in late June wherein the rapper was accused of stomping on a person after throwing him to the bottom.
Mayers testified and maintained that he was appearing in self-defense. A decide decided the incident was unfit of jail time.
Representatives for the rapper haven't commented on his arrest or the continuing police investigation. Mayers is free on $550,000 bail.
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