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Rapper Young Scooter dies after suffering leg injury fleeing from Atlanta police officers

Rapper Kenneth Edward Bailey, known as Young Scooter, died on his 39th birthday, March 28, 2025, in Atlanta after an incident involving police.
Atlanta police officers responded to a 911 call regarding a dispute with a weapon at a home in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood.
While officers were establishing a perimeter, two males fled from the rear of the house, and Scooter sustained a leg injury while fleeing, reportedly on a fence.
According to Andrew Smith, an Atlanta Police representative, initial reports indicated shots were fired and a female was dragged into the residence, but police did not confirm these details and stated that Scooter's injury "was sustained was not via the officers on scene."
After officers rendered aid and transported him to Grady Hospital, Young Scooter was pronounced dead, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting a death investigation at the request of the APD, with the official cause of death currently undetermined.

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