A$AP Rocky Charged With Assault For Alleged Shooting

A$AP Rocky has been charged with felony assault in connection to a November 2021 taking pictures, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón introduced on Aug. 15. “Discharging a gun in a public place is a critical offense that would have ended with tragic penalties not just for the individual focused but additionally for harmless bystanders visiting Hollywood,” stated Gascón in an announcement, per the Los Angeles Times. “My workplace performed a radical overview of the proof on this case and decided that the addition of a particular firearm allegation was warranted.”

While a rep for Rocky didn’t instantly reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark in regards to the expenses, in accordance with the LA Times, Rocky faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and is scheduled for arraignment on Aug. 17 in Los Angeles.

On April 20, NBC News reported that the rapper was detained at LAX by the Los Angeles Police Department with help from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations group for his alleged involvement in a taking pictures. Rocky’s lawyer, Alan Jackson, confirmed the information to the outlet. The rapper arrived in Los Angeles through a personal aircraft after spending time with girlfriend Rihanna in Barbados, who lately gave birth to their first child. He was launched later that day after posting the $550,000 bail, per People.

According to a press launch shared by the Los Angeles Police Department on Twitter in April, Rocky was below investigation by the LAPD for a taking pictures that happened close to Selma and Argyle Ave on Nov. 6, 2021.