Kenneth Edward Bailey, better known as Young Scooter—a successful rapper who worked with Future and Gucci Mane—died at just 39 years old after trying to flee from the police. The Atlanta-based musician was pronounced dead Friday—tragically, his birthday—after he tried jumping two fences while fleeing from authorities and ended up with a fatal leg injury. Police were dispatched to the rapper’s location after a caller said that gunshots were fired and a female was “dragged back into the location.” The lieutenant said that officers knocked but when the man inside opened the door, he quickly shut it again in their faces. The police were working on “establishing a perimeter” around the home when two men suddenly fled out the back of the property. One returned to the house while the other, who is now believed to be Young Scooter, tried jumping over a pair of fences. He was found with a leg injury near the second fence and rushed to the emergency room, where he was pronounced dead. Young Scooter rose to fame after he signed to Freebandz, Future’s record label, in 2012. His career included collaborations with Future, Gucci Mane, Young Dolph, and Chief Keef. On Saturday morning the rapper’s son, Kenneth Bailey Jr., shared his heartbreaking reaction to the news on Instagram Stories. After calling out the Atlanta Police Department for what be believes is their role in his dad’s death, Bailey wrote that he was “broken into [a] million pieces” and lamented that “my best friend[‘s] gone.”
