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Young Scooter – signed to fellow rappers Future and Waka Flocka Flame – died on his 39th birthday in his home town of Atlanta after injuring his leg.

The Georgia rapper – born Kenneth Bailey – died from injuries he sustained while fleeing a house jumping fences in Atlanta. However, his cause of death is still undetermined, with an autopsy yet to be completed.

The Atlanta Police Department said the 911 call was over “a dispute with a weapon,” as “it was advised in the caller marks that shots were fired”. A female was also reportedly “dragged back inside the location”.

“Once officers arrived they knocked on the door. A male opened the door and immediately shut the door on the officers,” Lieutenant Andrew Smith said during the press conference. “During [the officers’] process of [then] establishing the perimeter, two males fled out of the rear of the house.”

“One male returned back into the house. The other male jumped two fences as he was fleeing. When officers located him on the other side of the fence, he appeared to have suffered an injury to his leg.”

“Officers rendered aid and he was transported to Grady Hospital where he was pronounced deceased,” Smith told reporters.

Atlanta police clarified that the Young Scooter incident was not an officer-involved shooting.

“Just to be very clear, the injury that was sustained was not via the officers on scene. It was when the male was fleeing,” Smith continued.