Cause of death revealed for Atlanta rapper Young Scooter

Atlanta rapper Young Scooter died from a leg injury he suffered while fleeing from police on his 39th birthday, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner.The rapper, whose real name is Kenneth Edward Bailey, death was caused by a “penetrating injury of the right thigh” caused by wooden fencing or debris, which led to significant blood loss, WSB-TV reported, citing the medical examiner’s office.Young Scooter, who gained notoriety for collaborations with Future and Gucci Mane, died Friday night in Grady Marcus Trauma Center in Atlanta.Before his death, police had responded to a home in the southeast part of Atlanta earlier that night after receiving a fake 911 call claiming there was a violent domestic dispute happening at the property.A woman, who refused to give her name but identified herself as the “neighborhood watch,” told the operator she saw a “girl running outside naked” being fought by one of the guys — before at least three shots were fired, with the naked woman “bleeding profusely” from the head.The caller claimed that “seven guys” who regularly brandished guns were shacked up in the home and sold drugs.“He’s beating her bloody.He’s dragged her back in the house,” the caller said, saying she was being held hostage by one of the men “refusing to let her out” with “a child in danger as well.”However, officers only found Young Scooter and another man inside — no woman or child.One of the men allegedly slammed the front door in the officer’s face, and both of them fled out the back of the house, WSB-TV reported.As the rapper ran from the home, he hopped a fence and sustained the fatal leg injury either on the jump or in the wooded area behind the house.The man who ran with Young Scooter, who was not identified, later returned home and was not accused of wrongdoing.

It remains unclear why the men fled from police.After news broke of the rapper’s death, reports began circulating that he had been shot, which t...