BREAKING: Rapper Pop Smoke shot dead by masked robbers at age 20

BREAKING: Rapper Pop Smoke shot dead by masked robbers at age 20

- Fast-rising rapper, Pop Smoke, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson, has reportedly been shot dead

- The young rapper who was just 20-years-old was reportedly shot during a home robbery by masked men

- Daily Mail reports that Smoke was at home when two masked men broke in at around 4:30am and opened fire

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The entertainment industry is currently reeling at the gruesome murder of fast-rising 20-year-old rapper, Pop Smoke.

According to reports from Daily Mail, the music star was shot dead in what seemed to be a home invasion or robbery attack by two masked men at his home in Hollywood Hills.

It was gathered that fire was opened on the music star who was at home at around 4:30am on Wednesday, February, 19, 2020. It was said that the rapper was shot by the men who later fled on foot, leaving the entertainer in a critical condition.

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After the supposed robbers fled, Pop Smoke was said to have been taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood where he was pronounced dead.

No suspect has been apprehended regarding the tragedy but one man was arrested and later released after he was found to have no involvement in it.

This is terrible news. RIP to Pop Smoke.

Recently a mother and her child narrowly escaped unharmed after a block fell from their bedroom ceiling while they slept.

Many times, people meet their deaths under natural circumstances while they sleep at night. Other times, people die as a result of accidents while they are on the road or when they embark on something dangerous that they should not have been doing.

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Well, in some rare cases, some people have met their deaths while being in the right place at the right time and also doing the right things.

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