King Von Shot and Killed in Atlanta

King Von released his 'Welcome to O'Block' project featuring Lil Durk and Polo G in October. Von had a record deal with Durk’s label Only the Family.

November 6, 2020

king von shooting — ATLANTA, GA - AUGUST 29: Rapper King Von attends Compound Saturday Nights at Compound on August 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
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King Von is dead at the age of 26 following a shooting involving police in Georgia, TMZ reports.

TMZ cites sources as saying 3 people, including King Von, were killed in the shooting. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the incident occurred outside a nightclub in downtown Atlanta early Friday morning. Reporters Chelsea Prince and John Spink noted that "several others" were injured. TMZ put the number of people shot at 6. One person was said to have been struck by a vehicle when the crowd outside the Monaco Hookah Lounge started to scatter, AJC reports.

The report also noted that local authorities had been called to the club twice over a 24-hour period to investigate shootings, though there is zero evidence the two incidents are related. During the early Friday morning shooting, two off-duty cops who were working security are said to have tried to intervene, ultimately exchanging gunfire with as-yet-unidentified individuals.

"That physical altercation escalated into an exchange of gunfire with those groups," Atlanta police Deputy Chief Timothy Peek said. "Two police officers who were working at that particular club, or lounge, noticed the altercation and engaged some of the people involved. There was an exchange of gunfire with police as well."

The GA Bureau of Investigation has been enlisted to investigate.

Later, social media posts from Calboy, Chopsquad DJ, and more appeared to confirm King Von had died. Von's manager was quoted as saying that Von had been shot and did not survive.

When reached by Complex for comment, a rep for the Atlanta Police Department said they could not confirm the identities of anyone involved in the shooting until next-of-kin notifications had been confirmed. The APD also offered this statement:

In another statement shared with Complex on Friday afternoon, an APD rep provided additional details on the shooting, including word that their investigation thus far leads them to believe that King Von was shot during the initial incident and not by police:

In October, King Von shared his new album Welcome to O'Block featuring collabs with Lil Durk, Polo G, Fivio Foreign, and more. The 16-track release through Durk's Only the Family label and EMPIRE marked the follow-up to Von's Levon James project, which saw a No. 36 peak on the Billboard 200. Levon James also featured the hit "Took Her to the O," which recently received an acoustic update with producer Einer Bankz.

Following news of Von's death, fans and other artists, like Chance the Rapper, took to social media to mourn the rapper.

And later Friday afternoon, the EMPIRE team shared a statement saying they were "devastated" by Von's untimely death.

RIP.