RAPPER KENNY CLUTCH KILLED IN MASERATI: LAS VEGAS STRIP SHOOTING
: Police told people inside a black Range Rover
fired gunshots at a Maserati that then crashed on the Las Vegas strip Thursday.
Three people, letting in rapper KennyClutch, were killed and numerous others were wounded.
Allotting to Las Vegas Police, around 4 a.m.
Thursday a quarrel in the valet area of the Aria Hotel touched off the
wildness. At the intersection of Flamingo and Las Vegas
boulevards, a passenger in a black Range Rover fired on the driver of a
Maserati, who then drove through a red light and rammed into a taxi. The taxi
burst into flames, trapping and killing the driver and his passenger.
The crash set off a chain-reaction of hits in
the intersection. 4 other vehicles were involved. Various people were wounded. Police tell the driver of the Maserati, Kenneth Cherry, better known as rapper Kenneth Cherry, was killed by the
gunshot.
The Range Rover sped from the scene. Police
established a multi-state search for the vehicle. It was distinguished as
having dark tinted windows and black rims. It reportedly abided out-of-state
dealer license plates. The Vegas Strip reopened Thursday night. The
violence amazed visitors to the notable tourist goal.
"That was insane. I walked out of the
hotel this morning and there was like police tape all over," told Jared
Bates of Ohio. Back in 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and
killed just a couple of 100 yards from Thursday's crime scene.
