Rapper Blueface Arrested in Las Vegas on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
The musician, 25, was wanted in connection with an October shooting, cops said.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Rapper Blueface was arrested in Las Vegas Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder. The 25-year-old artist—real name Jonathan Porter—was sitting outside a business with his girlfriend when cops in civilian clothing swooped, according to a video of the arrest obtained by TMZ. The arrest came in connection with an Oct. 8 shooting, police said. “He will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center on warrants for attempted murder with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm at/into an occupied structure,” the Las Vegas Police Department said in a news release.
Earlier today, LVMPD detectives arrested 25-year-old Johnathan Porter for a shooting that took place on October 8 near Sunset Rd. and S. Las Vegas Blvd. Click here for more: https://t.co/mzLjQW30ti pic.twitter.com/uM4v7juT6n
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) November 16, 2022
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